The promoter region rather than its downstream inverted repeat sequence is responsible for low-level transcription of the thermostable direct hemolysin-related hemolysin (trh) gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1849-1855

  Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu ^a   Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYSIN RELATED HEMOLYSIN GENE; INVERTED REPEAT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TDH2 GENE; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRH1 GENE; TRH2 GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 14244252663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1849-1855.2005     Document Type: Article

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