DNA binding properties of the HrmR protein of Nostoc punctiforme responsible for transcriptional regulation of genes involved in the differentiation of hormogonia

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 573-582

  Campbell, Elsie L ^a   Wong, Francis C Y ^a   Meeks, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEXURONIC ACID; HRMR PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCEROS PUNCTATUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA BINDING; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROTROPHY; HORMOGONIA; HRMA GENE; HRMU GENE; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANTHOCEROS PUNCTATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTES; NOSTOC PUNCTIFORME;

EID: 0037240929     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03320.x     Document Type: Article

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