Computational prediction of conserved operons and phylogenetic footprinting of transcription regulatory elements in the metal-reducing bacterial family Geobacteraceae

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-144

  Yan, Bin ^a   Methé, Barbara A ^b   Lovley, Derek R ^c   Krushkal, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Geobacter metallireducens; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Operon; Promoter

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; GENE TRANSFER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; GENE INTERACTION; GENE ORDER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDENS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENES, REGULATOR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERON; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; DESULFOVIBRIONACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 3242725955     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2004.04.022     Document Type: Article

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