Characterization of the second LysR-type regulator in the biphenyl-catabolic gene cluster of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3575-3582

  Watanabe, Takahito ^a,b   Fujihara, Hidehiko ^a   Furukawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 6 OXO 6 PHENYLHEXA 2,4 DIENOIC ACID HYDROLASE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROLASE; LYSINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN BPHA1; PROTEIN BPHC; PROTEIN BPHD; PROTEIN BPHR1; PROTEIN BPHR2; PROTEIN BPHX0; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PSEUDOALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0038623310     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.12.3575-3582.2003     Document Type: Article

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