Autoregulated expression of the gene coding for the leucine-responsive protein, Lrp, a global regulator in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2008-2016

  McFarland, Kirsty A ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 51149087865     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/018358-0     Document Type: Article

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