Regulation of expression of the region 3 promoter of the Escherichia coli K5 capsule gene cluster involves H-NS, SlyA, and a large 5′ untranslated region7

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1838-1846

  Xue, Peng ^a   Corbett, David ^a   Goldrick, Marie ^a   Naylor, Clare ^a   Roberts, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SLYA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE K5; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; H NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; KPSM PROTEIN, E COLI; SALMOLYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K5; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KPSM GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REPRESSION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 63049094035     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01388-08     Document Type: Article

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