Properties of the NAC (nitrogen assimilation control protein)-binding site within the ureD promoter of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 4821-4826

  Frisch, Ryan L ^a,b   Bender, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN ASSIMILATION CONTROL PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; URED PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CODB GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUTU GENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; URED GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77957340312     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00883-09     Document Type: Article

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