BglJ-RcsB heterodimers relieve repression of the Escherichia coli bgl operon by H-NS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6456-6464

  Venkatesh, G Raja ^a   Koungni, Frant Carlot Kembou ^a,b   Paukner, Andreas ^a   Stratmann, Thomas ^a   Blissenbach, Birgit ^a,c   Schnetz, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; HETERODIMER; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BGLJ; PROTEIN LEUO; PROTEIN RCSB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649664707     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00807-10     Document Type: Article

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