PpsR: A multifaceted regulator of photosynthesis gene expression in purple bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-26

  Elsen, Sylvie ^a   Jaubert, Marianne ^b   Pignol, David ^c   Giraud, Eric ^b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PPSR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 21244441564     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04655.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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