Characterization of the group 1 and group 2 sigma factors of the green sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum and the green non-sulfur bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Gruber, Tanja M ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorobium tepidum; Chloroflexus aurantiacus; Green non sulfur bacteria; Green sulfur bacteria; Phylogenetic studies; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CHLOROBIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SULFUR BACTERIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROBI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROBACULUM TEPIDUM; CHLOROBI; CHLOROBIUM; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXUS AURANTIACUS; CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031658829     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050644     Document Type: Article

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