H-NS binding and repression of the ctx promoter in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 979-988

  Stonehouse, Emily A ^a   Hulbert, Robin R ^a   Nye, Melinda B ^a   Skorupski, Karen ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TOXT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CTX GENE; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TCPA GENE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 79551477516     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01343-09     Document Type: Article

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