DNA recognition and transcriptional regulation by the WhiA sporulation factor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kaiser, Brett K ^a,b   Stoddard, Barry L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b Targeted Growth Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; WHIA PROTEIN, STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; WHIG PROTEIN, STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84859736971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00156     Document Type: Article

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