Osmotic regulation of transcription in Lactococcus lactis: Ionic strength-dependent binding of the BusR repressor to the busA promoter

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3387-3390

  Romeo, Yves ^a   Bouvier, Jean ^a   Gutierrez, Claude ^a  

^a UPS   (France)

Author keywords

BusA OpuA glycine betaine transporter; BusR; DNA protein interactions; Osmotic gene regulation

Indexed keywords

BUSA PROTEIN; BUSR PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIC STRENGTH; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GLUTAMATES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

EID: 34447260784     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.06.037     Document Type: Article

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