Transcriptional regulation by BglJ-RcsB, a pleiotropic heteromeric activator in Escherichia coli

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2999-3008

  Salscheider, Silja Lucia ^a   Jahn, Andreas ^a   Schnetz, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BGLJ PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; RCSB PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84898992684     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1298     Document Type: Article

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