Regulation of benzoate degradation in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1 by BenM, a LysR-type transcriptional activator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2493-2501

  Collier, Lauren S ^a   Gaines III, George L ^b   Neidle, Ellen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Isogenetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BENZOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BIODEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031958208     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2493-2501.1998     Document Type: Article

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