Clp upregulates transcription of engA gene encoding a virulence factor in Xanthomonas campestris by direct binding to the upstream tandem Clp sites

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3525-3533

  Hsiao, Yi Min ^a   Liao, Hsiu Ying ^b   Lee, Mong Chuan ^a   Yang, Tsuey Ching ^c   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^a,d  

^a CHUNGTAI INST HLTH SCI TECHNOL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIWAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clp; Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Endoglucanase; Transcriptional fussion assay; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 21244499413     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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