Characterisation of the 11 Kb DNA region adjacent to the gene encoding Desulfovibrio gigas flavoredoxin

DNA Sequence - Journal of DNA Sequencing and Mapping

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-216

  Broco, Manuela ^a   Marques, Ana ^a   Oliveira, Solange ^a,b   Rodrigues Pousada, Claudina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Desulfovibrio gigas; Flanking regions; Flavoredoxin; Monocystronic

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; COENZYME A; FLAVOREDOXIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA METABOLISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTRONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DESULFOVIBRIO GIGAS;

EID: 24044519688     PISSN: 10425179     EISSN: 10292365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10425170500088296     Document Type: Article

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