Transient XylR binding to the UAS of the Pseudomonas putida σ54 promoter Pu revealed with high intensity UV footprinting in vivo

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6926-6934

  Valls, Marc ^a   de Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CYTOSINE; DIMER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN XYLR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TARGETING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0345099568     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg912     Document Type: Review

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