Control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa algZ Expression by the Alternative Sigma Factor AlgT

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 7297-7300

  Wozniak, Daniel J ^a   Sprinkle, April B ^a   Baynham, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Thomas More College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALGD; PROTEIN ALGZ; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR ALGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0345097563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7297-7300.2003     Document Type: Article

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