Arginine-dependent gene regulation via the ArgR repressor is species specific in Chlamydia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 919-927

  Schaumburg, Chris S ^a   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARGR GENE; ARTICLE; ARTJ GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; DNA PROBE; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLNP GENE; GLNPQ GENE; GLNQ GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA CAVIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 31344468049     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.3.919-927.2006     Document Type: Article

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