Chapter 4 Global Regulators of Transcription in Escherichia coli:. Mechanisms of Action and Methods for Study

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2008, Pages 93-113

  Grainger, David C ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; FUMARATE REDUCTASE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; NITRATE REDUCTASE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FIS PROTEIN, E COLI; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR, E COLI;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 56149116568     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)00604-7     Document Type: Chapter

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