The transcriptional activator GvpE for the halobacterial gas vesicle genes resembles a basic region leucine-zipper regulatory protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 761-771

  Krüger, Kerstin ^a   Hermann, Thomas ^b,c   Armbruster, Vanessa ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Archaea; bZIP protein; Gas vesicles; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GAS DIFFUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0032546745     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1795     Document Type: Article

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