Regulation of expression of scaffoldin-related genes in Clostridium thermocellum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 5109-5116

  Dror, Tali W ^a   Rolider, Adi ^a   Bayer, Edward A ^b   Lamed, Raphael ^c   Shoham, Yuval ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CELLULOSE; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN OLPB; PROTEIN ORFP2; PROTEIN SDBA; RIBONUCLEASE; SCAFFOLDIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURFACE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SUPERNATANT;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAPSID PROTEINS; CELLOBIOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041387504     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.17.5109-5116.2003     Document Type: Article

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