Transcription activation by the siderophore sensor Btr is mediated by ligand-dependent stimulation of promoter clearance

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3585-3595

  Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   MacLellan, Shawn ^a,b   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLIBACTIN PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTARABINE; IRON; PROTEIN BTR; RNA POLYMERASE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; SENSOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGANDS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84860370792     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1280     Document Type: Article

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