Characterization of BreR interaction with the bile response promoters BreAB and breR in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-317

  Cerda Maira, Francisca A ^a   Kovacikova, Gabriela ^a   Jude, Brooke A ^b   Skorupski, Karen ^a   Taylora, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRER PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BILE; BILE RESISTANCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; FUSION GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BILE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84872162506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02008-12     Document Type: Article

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