DNAA INITIATOR - ALSO A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR

Authors
MESSER W WEIGEL C
Citation
W. Messer et C. Weigel, DNAA INITIATOR - ALSO A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, Molecular microbiology, 24(1), 1997, pp. 1-6
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Microbiology
Journal title
Molecular microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0950382X
Volume
24
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1 - 6
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-382X(1997)24:1<1:DI-AAT>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The replication-initiator protein DnaA is ubiquitous in the eubacteria l world. It binds to an asymmetric 9 bp consensus DNA sequence, the Dn aA box. Besides its primary function as an initiator, it acts as a tra nscription factor that represses or activates several genes, or termin ates transcription, depending on the location and arrangement of DnaA boxes.