Identification of an upstream regulatory sequence that mediates the transcription of mox genes in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3723-3728

  Zhang, Meng ^a   FitzGerald, Kelly A ^a   Lidstrom, Mary E ^a,b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHANOL; PROTEIN MOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHANOL; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS;

EID: 27744543857     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28243-0     Document Type: Article

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