Differences in LexA regulon structure among Proteobacteria through in vivo assisted comparative genomics

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 6617-6626

  Erill, Ivan ^c   Jara, Mónica ^a   Salvador, Noelia ^a   Escribano, Marcos ^c   Campoy, Susana ^b   Barbé, Jordi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

ALGORITHMS; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOMICS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REGULON; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 13544260858     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh996     Document Type: Article

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