Involvement of region 4 of the σ70 subunit of RNA polymerase in transcriptional activation of the lux operon during quorum sensing

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-201

  Johnson, Deborah C ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Luminescence; LuxR; Quorum sensing; RNA polymerase subunit; Transcription activation; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0344585344     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00750-X     Document Type: Article

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