Cloning, molecular characterization, and transcriptional analysis of dnaK operon in a methylotrophic bacterium Methylovorus sp. strain SS1 DSM 11726

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 245-254

  Eom, Chi Yong ^a   Park, Sang Tae ^a   Kim, Eungbin ^a   Ro, Young Tae ^b   Kim, Si Wook ^c   Kim, Young Min ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Chosiin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dnaK; Methylotrophic Bacteria; Methylovoru Sp. Strain SS1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DNAK; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNAJ PROTEIN, E COLI; DNAK PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GRPE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GRPE PROTEIN, E COLI; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOVORUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP40 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0037206535     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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