A second and unusual pucBA operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1: Genetics and function of the encoded polypeptides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6171-6184

  Zeng, Xiaohua ^a   Choudhary, Madhu ^a   Kaplan, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PEPTIDES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0141994968     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6171-6184.2003     Document Type: Article

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