Role of HU and DNA supercoiling in transcription repression: specialized nucleoprotein repression complex at gal promoters in Escherichia coli
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- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 31 (2) , 451-461
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01186.x
Abstract
Efficient repression of the two promoters P1 and P2 of the gal operon requires the formation of a DNA loop encompassing the promoters. In vitro, DNA looping‐mediated repression involves binding of th...Keywords
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