In vitro activation and repression of photosynthesis gene transcription in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 429-437

  Bowman, William C ^a   Du, Shouying ^b   Bauer, Carl E ^b   Kranz, Robert G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033000075     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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