Functional analysis of the recA promoter of Rhodobacter capsulatus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 487-494

  De Fernandez Henestrosa A R ^a   Labazi, M ^a   Mar Lopez M ^a   Barbe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Positive regulation; recA promoter; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECA GENE; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0030863458     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050521     Document Type: Article

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