Conservation of PcaQ, a transcriptional activator of pea genes for catabolism of phenolic compounds, in Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium species

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3671-3675

  Parke, Donna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PISUM SATIVUM; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM TROPICI; SINORHIZOBIUM FREDII; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029992685     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3671-3675.1996     Document Type: Article

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