Alanyl-tRNA synthetase gene of the extreme acidophilic chemolithoautotrophic Thiobacillus ferrooxidans is highly homologous to alaS genes from all living kingdoms but cannot be transcribed from its promoter in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2179-2187

  Guiliani, Nicolas ^a   Bengrine, Abderrahmane ^a   Borne, Françoise ^a   Chippaux, Marc ^a   Bonnefoy, Violaine ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Alanyl tRNA synthetase; RecX; Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030790617     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-7-2179     Document Type: Article

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