Activation of the cycA P2 promoter for the Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome c2 gene by the photosynthesis response regulator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 822-835

  Karls, Russell K ^a   Wolf, Jennifer R ^a   Donohue, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C2; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0032724541     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01649.x     Document Type: Article

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