Promoters for Chlamydia type III secretion genes show a differential response to DNA supercoiling that correlates with temporal expression pattern

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2569-2574

  Case, Elizabeth Di Russo ^a   Peterson, Ellena M ^b   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 77952063296     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00068-10     Document Type: Article

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