Three cdg operons control cellular turnover of cyclic di-GMP in Acetobacter xylinum: Genetic organization and occurrence of conserved domains in isoenzymes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4416-4425

  Tal, Rony ^a,c   Wong, Hing C ^a,c   Calhoon, Roger ^a   Gelfand, David ^a,d   Fear, Anna Lisa ^a   Volman, Gail ^b   Mayer, Raphael ^b   Ross, Peter ^b   Amikam, Dorit ^b   Weinhouse, Haim ^b   Cohen, Avital ^b   Sapir, Shai ^b   Ohana, Patricia ^b   Benziman, Moshe ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Sunol Molecular Corporation   (United States)

^d ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; ISOENZYME; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PLANT DNA;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPERON; OXYGEN TENSION; POTASSIUM CELL LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER XYLINUM; ACETOBACTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLUCONACETOBACTER XYLINUS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0031783181     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4416-4425.1998     Document Type: Article

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