The Escherichia coli K-12 NarL and NarP proteins insulate the nrf promoter from the effects of integration host factor

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7449-7456

  Browning, Douglas F ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Wolfe, Alan J ^b   Cole, Jeffrey A ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN FNR; PROTEIN NARL; PROTEIN NARP; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; DNA HELIX; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NRF GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 33750445310     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00975-06     Document Type: Article

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