In vivo and in vitro analysis of regA response regulator mutants of rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-300

  Hemschemeier, Susanne K ^a   Ebel, Ulrike ^a   Jäger, Andreas ^a   Balzer, Angelika ^a   Kirndörfer, Michaela ^a   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; RHODOBACTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0034092378     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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