Corynebacterium ammoniagenes class Ib ribonucleotide reductase: Transcriptional regulation of an atypical genomic organization in the nrd cluster

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1011-1020

  Torrents, Eduard ^a   Roca, I ^a   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYUREA; MANGANESE; MESSENGER RNA; METAL; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM AMMONIAGENES; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038366812     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26133-0     Document Type: Review

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