Molecular cloning of a light-inducible gene (lipA) encoding a novel pilin from Arthrobacter photogonimos

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-89

  Yang, Hsin Sheng ^a   Hoober, J Kenneth ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthrobacter photogonimos; Light inducible gene; Pilin

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0032103929     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00156-6     Document Type: Article

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