Transcriptional repressor CopR acts by inhibiting RNA polymerase binding

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1000-1008

  Licht, Andreas ^a   Freede, Peggy ^a   Brantl, Sabine ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTOR COPR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79953708532     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047209-0     Document Type: Article

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