The naphthalene catabolic (nag) genes of Ralstonia sp. strain U2 are an operon that is regulated by NagR, a LysR-type transcriptional regulator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 5847-5853

  Jones, Rheinallt M ^a,b   Britt Compton, Bethan ^a   Williams, Peter A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITROBENZOATE; 4 CHLOROSALICYLATE; 4 METHYLSALICYLATE; 5 CHLOROSALICYLATE; 5 METHYLSALICYLIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GENTISIC ACID; NAPHTHALENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN LYSR; PROTEIN NAGR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SALICYLIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE RING CLEAVAGE GENTISATE PATHWAY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATABOLISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; LACZ REPORTER GENE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NAG GENE; NAGAA GENE; NAGR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA STRAIN U2; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NAPHTHALENES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALICYLATES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

NEGIBACTERIA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA SP.;

EID: 0141504191     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.19.5847-5853.2003     Document Type: Article

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