ExpR, a LuxR homolog of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora, activates transcription of rsmA, which specifies a global regulatory RNA-binding protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 4792-4803

  Cui, Yaya ^a   Chatterjee, Asita ^a   Hasegawa, Hiroaki ^a   Dixit, Vaishali ^a   Leigh, Nathan ^a   Chatterjee, Arun K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PECTATE LYASE; PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM SUBSP. CAROTOVORUM;

EID: 21844448317     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.4792-4803.2005     Document Type: Article

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