Messenger RNA interferase RelE controls relBE transcription by conditional cooperativity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 841-857

  Overgaard, Martin ^a   Borch, Jonas ^a   Jørgensen, Mikkel G ^a,b   Gerdes, Kenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELBE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 47749089764     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06313.x     Document Type: Article

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