Rpo D promoters in Campylobacter jejuni exhibit a strong periodic signal instead of a - 35 box

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1361-1372

  Petersen, Lise ^a,b   Larsen, Thomas S ^a   Ussery, David W ^a   On, Stephen L W ^a   Krogh, Anders ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; DNA periodicity; Hidden Markov model; Promoter; RpoD

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TATA BOX;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; PROTEOBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037423768     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00034-2     Document Type: Article

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