Competitive Lrp and Dam Assembly at the pap Regulatory Region: Implications for Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-105

  Peterson, Stacey N ^a   Reich, Norbert O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; Dam; Lrp; pap; phase variation

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52049097777     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.086     Document Type: Article

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