A new regulatory DNA motif of the gamma subclass Proteobacteria: Identification of the LexA protein binding site of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3583-3597

  Campoy, Susana ^a   Mazón, Gerard ^a   Fernández de Henestrosa, Antonio R ^a   Llagostera, Montserrat ^a,c   Monteiro, Patricia Brant ^b   Barbé, Jordi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura   (Brazil)

^c CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Gene expression; SOS system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; XYLELLA FASTIDIOSA;

EID: 0036855349     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-11-3583     Document Type: Review

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