Differential dependence of StpA on H-NS in autoregulation of stpA and in regulation of bgl

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 6728-6738

  Wolf, Tinka ^a   Janzen, Wiebke ^a   Blum, Corinna ^a   Schnetz, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHAPERONE; CURVED DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HETERODIMER; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOLEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN STPA; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BGL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STPA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33749339252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00586-06     Document Type: Article

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