Regulated expression of a highly conserved regulatory gene cluster is necessary for controlling photosynthesis gene expression in response to anaerobiosis in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4334-4341

  Du, Shouying ^a   Kouadio, Jean Louis K ^a,b   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0032807473     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4334-4341.1999     Document Type: Article

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