Independent regulation of H-NS-mediated silencing of the bgl operon at two levels: Upstream by BglJ and LeuO and downstream by DnaKJ

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3349-3359

  Madhusudan, S ^a   Paukner, Andreas ^a   Klingen, Yvonne ^a   Schnetz, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNAK; PROTEIN DNAKJ; PROTEINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; GLUCOSIDES; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27144518215     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28080-0     Document Type: Article

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