The binding site of the IclR repressor protein overlaps the promoter of aceBAK

• DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3982-3984.1996
• Publication Date: 2016-11-29T17:35:37Z
• Authors: B Pan; I Unnikrishnan; D C LaPorte
• Keywords: Sequence (biology)

In Escherichia coli, repression of the aceBAK operon is mediated by IclR protein. We used an in vitro oligonucleotide selection technique to determine consensus recognition sequence for MR. Mutational analysis confirmed contribution this vivo and identified -35 element promoter.