Promoter analysis of the catalase-peroxidase gene (cpeA) from Rhodobacter capsulatus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 169-174

  Forkl, Hubert ^a   Drews, Gerhart ^a   Tadros, Monier Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

catalase peroxidase; promoter analysis; regulation of gene expression; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; PEROXIDASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029895607     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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