Pathways for transcriptional activation of a glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase gene

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 775-784

  Barber, Robert D ^a   Donohue, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde dehydrogenase; Glutathione; Rhodobacter sphaeroides; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; TRANSACTIVATION;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 0032584767     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1900     Document Type: Article

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