CrgA is an inducible LysR-type regulator of Neisseria meningitidis, acting both as a repressor and as an activator of gene transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3421-3430

  Ieva, Raffaele ^a   Alaimo, Cristina ^a,c   Delany, Isabel ^a   Spohn, Gunther ^a,d   Rappuoli, Rino ^a   Scarlato, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CYTOS BIOTECHNOLOGY AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLENE BUTYROLACTONE; ENZYME INDUCING AGENT; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN CRGA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CRGA GENE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MDAB GENE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 18244408281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.10.3421-3430.2005     Document Type: Article

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