Identification of the Ω4406 regulatory region, a developmental promoter of Myxococcus xanthus, and a DNA segment responsible for chromosomal position-dependent inhibition of gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4149-4162

  Loconto, Jennifer ^a,b   Viswanathan, Poorna ^a   Nowak, Scott J ^a,c   Gloudemans, Monica ^a   Kroos, Lee ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; CHROMOSOME POSITIONING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME;

MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20444444721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.4149-4162.2005     Document Type: Article

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