The structure of an ECF-σ-dependent, light-inducible promoter from the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 883-893

  Martinez Argudo, Isabel ^a   Ruiz Vázquez, Rosa M ^a   Murillo, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; LIGHT; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BINDING SITES; LIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOCOCCALES; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031735868     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01129.x     Document Type: Article

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