Characterization of PmfR, the transcriptional activator of the pAO1-borne purU-mabO-folD operon of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3062-3070

  Chiribau, Calin B ^a   Sandu, Cristinel ^a,b   Igloi, Gabor L ^a   Brandsch, Roderich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA N METHYLAMINOBUTYRATE OXIDASE; NICOTINE; PROTEIN PMFR; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER NICOTINOVORANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NICOTINE; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARTHROBACTER NICOTINOVORANS;

EID: 17644417772     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3062-3070.2005     Document Type: Article

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