Characterization of PcaQ, a LysR-type transcriptional activator required for catabolism of phenolic compounds, from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 266-272

  Parke, Donna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 CARBOXYMUCONIC ACID; 3 OXOADIPIC ACID; 4 CARBOXYMUCONOLACTONE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ADIPIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MUCONIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTOCATECHUIC ACID; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PARABENS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SORBIC ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

EID: 0030041622     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.1.266-272.1996     Document Type: Article

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