Evidence that regulatory protein MarA of Escherichia coli represses rob by steric hindrance

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3977-3982

  McMurry, Laura M ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN MARA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MARA PROTEIN, E COLI; ROB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROB GENE; STEREOSPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955297408     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00103-10     Document Type: Article

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