CadC-mediated activation of the cadBA promoter in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-39

  Küper, Christoph ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CadC; H NS; Oligomerisation; pH; Signal transduction; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CADAVERINE; CADBA PROTEIN; CADC PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; LYSINE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN CAD1; PROTEIN CAD2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOLIPOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTIPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOXY-LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33644557151     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090346     Document Type: Article

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