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Binding of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> AlgZ to Sites Upstream of the <i>algZ</i> Promoter Leads to Repression of Transcription
20 Jun 2005
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Mucoid variants of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa produce the exopolysaccharide alginate and colonize the respiratory tracts of cystic fibrosis patients. The genes encoding the alginate biosynthetic enzymes are clustered in a single operon, which is under tight transcriptional control. One essential activator of the alginate operon is AlgZ, a proposed ribbon-helix-helix DNA binding protein that...
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