Regulation of Photosynthesis Genes in Rubrivivax gelatinosus: Transcription Factor PpsR Is Involved in both Negative and Positive Control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3133-3142

  Steunou, Anne Soisig ^a   Astier, Chantal ^a   Ouchane, Soufian ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CAROTENOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION PPSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRT1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PUCBA GENE; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RUBRIVIVAX GELATINOSUS;

EID: 2342667572     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.10.3133-3142.2004     Document Type: Article

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