Detection of multiple extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors in the genome of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and their counterparts in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 842-855

  Martínez Bueno, Manuel A ^a   Tobes, Raquel ^a   Rey, Manuel ^b   Ramos, Juan Luis ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Newbiotechniques SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0036936782     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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