A GntR-like negative regulator of the biphenyl degradation genes of the transposon Tn4371

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 790-799

  Mouz, S ^a   Merlin, C ^a   Springael, D ^b   Toussaint, A ^a,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Vlaamse Instelling Technol O   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biphenyl degradation; Catabolic transposons; Ralstonia eutropha; Tn4371; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0033384571     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051142     Document Type: Article

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