Stress response gene regulation in Chlamydia is dependent on HrcA-CIRCE Interactions

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3384-3391

  Wilson, Adam C ^a   Tan, Ming ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HRCA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHLAMYDIA; CIRCE ELEMENT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; CHLAMYDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GROEL PROTEIN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 2442712733     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3384-3391.2004     Document Type: Article

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