Anaerobic regulation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin transcription is ArcA/FnrA-independent and requires a novel promoter element

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 645-653

  Kolodrubetz, David ^a   Phillips, Linda ^a   Jacobs, Chris ^a   Burgum, Alex ^a   Kraig, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Bacterial gene expression regulation; Bacterial toxin

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUKOTOXIN; OXYGEN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARCA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0142226948     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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