Structural and functional characterization of the lexA gene of Xanthomonas campestris pathovar citri

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 316-326

  Yang, Y C ^a   Yang, M K ^b   Kuo, T T ^c   Tu, J ^d  

^a National Defense Medical Center   (China)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; LexA cleavage; LexA repressor; Xanthomonas campestris pathovar citri

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MITOMYCIN C; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0035049485     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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