Identification of the binding site of the σ54 hetero-oligomeric FleQ/FleT activator in the flagellar Promoters of Rhodobacter sphaeroides

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1669-1679

  Pena Sanchez J ^a   Poggio, S ^a   Flores Perez U ^a   Osorio, A ^a   Domenzain, C ^a   Dreyfus, G ^b   Camarena, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLEQ; PROTEIN FLET; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FLAGELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 66849121542     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.024455-0     Document Type: Article

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