A positive feedback mechanism controls expression of AlkS, the transcriptional regulator of the Pseudomonas oleovorans alkane degradation pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 791-799

  Canosa, Inés ^a   Sánchez Romero, Juan Manuel ^a   Yuste, Luis ^a   Rojo, Fernando ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALKANES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS OLEOVORANS;

EID: 0033969354     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01751.x     Document Type: Article

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