The H-NS-like protein HvrA modulates expression of nitrogen fixation genes in the phototrophic purple bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus by binding to selected nif promoters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-158

  Raabe, Karsten ^a   Drepper, Thomas ^a   Riedel, Kai Uwe ^a   Masepohl, Bernd ^a   Klipp, Werner ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

H NS; HvrA; Negative modulator; Nitrogen fixation; Photosynthesis; Rhodobacter capsulatus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NITROGENASE; PROTEIN HVRA; PROTEIN NIFA1; PROTEIN NIFA2; PROTEIN NIFB1; PROTEIN NIFH; PROTEIN NTRC; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PII NITROGEN REGULATORY PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0037027531     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)00983-7     Document Type: Article

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