BadR, a new MarR family member, regulates anaerobic benzoate degradation by Rhodopseudomonas palustris in concert with aadR, an Fnr family member

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2102-2109

  Egland, Paul G ^a   Harwood, Caroline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BENZOYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN AADR; PROTEIN BADR; PROTEIN FNR; PROTEIN MARR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUCCINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0344457383     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.7.2102-2109.1999     Document Type: Article

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