TeiR, A LuxR-Type Transcription Factor Required for Testosterone Degradation in Comamonas testosteroni

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1430-1437

  Pruneda Paz, José Luis ^a   Linares, Mauricio ^a   Cabrera, Julio E ^a,b   Genti Raimondi, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TEIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON SOURCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGRADATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1342282999     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1430-1437.2004     Document Type: Article

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