Transcriptional analysis of the tutE tutFDGH gene cluster from Thauera aromatica strain T1

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1147-1151

  Coschigano, Peter W ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; THAUERA AROMATICA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); THAUERA; TOLUENE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; THAUERA AROMATICA;

EID: 0034010144     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.3.1147-1151.2000     Document Type: Article

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