GcvA interacts with both the α and σ subunits of RNA polymerase to activate the Escherichia coli gcvB gene and the gcvTHP operon

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-338

  Stauffer, Lorraine T ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

GcvA activator protein; gcvB gene; gcvTHP operon; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN GCVA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCINE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 11144260215     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.027     Document Type: Article

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