The alcohol dehydrogenase gene: Distribution among Sulfolobales and regulation in Sulfolobus solfataricus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Cannio, Raffaele ^a   Fiorentino, Gabriella ^b   Rossi, Mosè ^b   Bartolucci, Simonetta ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase gene; Archaeon; Genotypic marker; Inducible promoter; Sulfolobus solfataricus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFOLOBALES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0032898337     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00520-5     Document Type: Article

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