Regulatory circuit based on autogenous activation-repression: Roles of C-boxes and spacer sequences in control of the PvuII restriction-modification system

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6935-6952

  Mruk, Iwona ^a,c   Rajesh, Preeti ^a,d   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN PVUII; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; DNA, INTERGENIC; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEUS VULGARIS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36749088056     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm837     Document Type: Article

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