Two non-consensus Clp binding sites are involved in upregulation of the gum operon involved in xanthan polysaccharide synthesis in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 161, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 583-589

  Chen, Chih Hua ^a   Lin, Nien Tsung ^b   Hsiao, Yi Min ^c   Yang, Chiou Ying ^a   Tseng, Yi Hsiung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clp; Clp binding site; CRP homologue; Transcription activation; Xanthan polysaccharide; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; PALINDROMIC DNA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 77956271682     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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