SeqA-mediated stimulation of a promoter activity by facilitating functions of a transcription activator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1669-1679

  Słomińska, Monika ^a   Konopa, Grazyna ^a   Ostrowska, Justyna ^a   Kȩdzierska, Barbara ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a,b   Wȩgrzyn, Alicja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CII; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION SEQA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LYSOGENY; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0344405709     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03392.x     Document Type: Article

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