Helicobacter pylori FlgR is an enhancer-independent activator of σ54-RNA polymerase holoenzyme

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4535-4542

  Brahmachary, Priyanka ^a   Dashti, Mona G ^a,c   Olson, Jonathan W ^b   Hoover, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLGR; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA 54 RNA POLYMERASE HOLOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 3042733355     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4535-4542.2004     Document Type: Article

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