Prediction and overview of the RpoN-regulon in closely related species of the Rhizobiales

Genome Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Dombrecht, Bruno ^a   Marchal, Kathleen ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Additional Data File; Brucella Melitensis; Intergenic Sequence; Nitrogen Fixation Gene; Type Promoter

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; RHIZOBIACEAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MARKOV CHAINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; RHIZOBIACEAE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0038313116     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-research0076     Document Type: Article

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