LexA-binding sequences in Gram-positive and cyanobacteria are closely related

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-49

  Mazon G ^a   Lucena, J M ^b   Campoy, S ^a   Fernandez De Henestrosa A R ^a,c   Candau, P ^b   Barbe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial phylogeny; Cyanobacteria; Lex A box; SOS response

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEXA PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; THREONYLALANYLGLYCYLTHREONYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLALANYLALANYLTHREONYLGLYC YLTHREONYLTHREONYLCYSTEINYLTHREONYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; ANABENA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1542344843     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0952-x     Document Type: Article

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