The NtrC family regulator AlgB, which controls alginate biosynthesis in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa, binds directly to the algD promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 581-589

  Leech, Andrew J ^a   Sprinkle, April ^b   Wood, Lynn ^a,c   Wozniak, Daniel J ^b   Ohman, Dennis E ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CYCLOSERINE; ALGB PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 38749141837     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01307-07     Document Type: Article

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