Regulation of internal promoters in a zinc-responsive operon is influenced by transcription from upstream promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1285-1293

  Napolitano, Mauro ^a   Rubio, Miguel Angel ^a   Camargo, Sergio ^a   Luque, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

EID: 84874677815     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01488-12     Document Type: Article

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