Transcriptional activation of the catechol and chlorocatechol operons: Variations on a theme

Gene

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 257-267

  McFall, Sally M ^a   Chugani, Sudha A ^b   Chakrabarty, A M ^b  

^a MolecBiol& Cell Biol   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Environmental pollutants; Promoter activator interactions; RNA polymerase activator interactions

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; CATECHOL; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CITRIC ACID; CURVED DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FUMARIC ACID; MUCONIC ACID; RNA POLYMERASE; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATECHOL 1,2-DIOXYGENASE; CATECHOLS; DIOXYGENASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; OXYGENASES; PHENOLS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032570025     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00366-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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