The tfdR gene product can successfully take over the role of the insertion element-inactivated tfdT protein as a transcriptional activator of the tfdCDEF gene cluster, which encodes chlorocatechol degradation in Ralstonia eutropha JMP134(pJP4)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6824-6832

  Leveau, Johan H J ^a   Van der Meer, Jan Roelof ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALCALIGENES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0029852994     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6824-6832.1996     Document Type: Article

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