The black cat/white cat principle of signal integration in bacterial promoters

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-11

  Cases, I ^a   De Lorenzo, V ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Promoter; Pseudomonas putida; Regulation; Signal; Substrate

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035863067     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.1.1     Document Type: Review

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