Essential roles of three enhancer sites in σ54-dependent transcription by the nitric oxide sensing regulatory protein NorR

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1182-1194

  Tucker, Nicholas P ^a,c   Ghosh, Tamaswati ^b   Bush, Matthew ^a   Zhang, Xiaodong ^b   Dixon, Ray ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE SENSING REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN NORR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NORR PROTEIN, E COLI; RPON PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NITRIC OXIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77950363329     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1065     Document Type: Article

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