Mechanism of transcriptional activation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa ExsA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6654-6664

  Vakulskas, Christopher A ^a   Brady, Keith M ^a,b   Yahr, Timothy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOENZYME; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PROTEIN EXSA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70350455920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00902-09     Document Type: Article

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