The characterization of the nv.gvpACNOFGH gene cluster involved in gas vesicle formation in Natronobacterium vacuolatum

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-32

  Mayr, Andrea ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeal promoter; Gas vesicle proteins; Gas vesicles; Gvp gene cluster; Natronobacterium vacuolatum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NATRONOBACTERIUM VACUOLATUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COATED VESICLES; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HALOBACTERIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALORUBRUM VACUOLATUM; NATRONOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030839134     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050465     Document Type: Article

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