Contribution of the RpoA C-Terminal Domain to Stimulation of the Salmonella enterica hilA Promoter by HilC and HilD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3249-3253

  Olekhnovich, Igor N ^a   Kadner, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HILA; PROTEIN HILC; PROTEIN HILD; PROTEIN RPOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; HILA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

EID: 2342603963     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3249-3253.2004     Document Type: Article

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