RecA relieves negative autoregulation of rdgA, which specifies a component of the RecA-Rdg regulatory circuit controlling pectin lyase production in Erwinia carotovora ssp. carotovora

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 909-918

  Liu, Yang ^a   Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Mukherjee, Asita ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PECTIN; PECTIN LYASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 10544242197     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.01537.x     Document Type: Article

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