CadC activates pH-dependent expression of the Vibrio vulnificus cadBA operon at a distance through direct binding to an upstream region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 7870-7875

  Rhee, Jee Eun ^a   Kim, Kun Soo ^b   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CADAVERINE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN CADC; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CADBA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOXY-LYASES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 27744486054     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.22.7870-7875.2005     Document Type: Article

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