Intrinsic curvature associated with the coordinately regulated anthrax toxin gene promoters

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2501-2512

  Hadjifrangiskou, Maria ^a,b   Koehler, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAX TOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN ATXA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

EID: 51149105219     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/016162-0     Document Type: Article

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