Unusual organization, complexity and redundancy at the Escherichia coli hcp-hcr operon promoter

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Chismon, David L ^a   Browning, Douglas F ^a   Farrant, Gregory K ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; NarL; Nitrate; Nitrite; NsrR; Promoter; Reactive nitrogen species

Indexed keywords

NARL; NITRITE; NSRR; PROMOTER; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; NARL PROTEIN, E COLI; NARP PROTEIN, E COLI; NITRATE; NITRITE; NSRR PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NARL GENE; NARP GENE; NONHUMAN; NSRR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955501616     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20100623     Document Type: Article

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