Downregulation of the Escherichia coli guaB promoter by upstream-bound cyclic AMP receptor protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6094-6104

  Husnain, Seyyed I ^a,c   Busby, Stephen J W ^b   Thomas, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA A; PUR R PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GUAA GENE; GUAB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349100092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00672-09     Document Type: Article

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