Promoter discrimination at class I mara regulon promoters mediated by glutamic acid 89 of the mara transcriptional activator of escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 506-515

  Martin, Robert G ^a   Rosner, Judah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DNA POLYMERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; SUPEROXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MARA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULON;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78650887552     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00360-10     Document Type: Article

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