A green nonsulfur bacterium, Dehalococcoides ethenogenes, with the LexA binding sequence found in gram-positive organisms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 6073-6080

  Fernández de Henestrosa, Antonio R ^a   Cuñé, Jordi ^a   Erill, Ivan ^a   Magnuson, Jon K ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; DEHALOCOCCOIDES ETHENOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036837797     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.21.6073-6080.2002     Document Type: Article

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