An upstream activation element exerting differential transcriptional activation on an archaeal promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 928-939

  Peng, Nan ^a,b   Xia, Qiu ^a   Chen, Zhengjun ^a,b   Liang, Yun Xiang ^a   She, Qunxin ^b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARAS GENE; ARCHAEAL GENE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBON SOURCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABINOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ARA; ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 70449591469     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06908.x     Document Type: Article

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