Identification of high-specificity H-NS binding site in LEE5 promoter of enteropathogenic Esherichia coli (EPEC)

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 626-629

  Bhat, Abhay Prasad ^a   Shin, Minsang ^a   Choy, Hyon E ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

consensus motif; gene regulation; H NS; LEE5; nucleation site; transcription; transcriptional repression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; H-NS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LEE PROTEIN, E COLI; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84903631698     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 19763794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-014-3562-x     Document Type: Article

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