Characterization of enhancer binding by the Vibrio cholerae flagellar regulatory protein FlrC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3158-3170

  Correa, Nidia E ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN FLRC; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 17644380577     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3158-3170.2005     Document Type: Article

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