Inducible transcription of genes involved in taurine uptake and dissimilation by Silicibacter pomeroyi DSS-3T

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 402-406

  Gorzynska, Andzelika K ^a   Denger, Karin ^a   Cook, Alasdair M ^a   Smits, Theo H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enzymes of taurine degradation; Reverse transcriptase PCR; Taurine dissimilatory pathway

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ALD; PROTEIN PTA; PROTEIN TAUABC; PROTEIN TPA; PROTEIN XSC; TAURINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILICIBACTER; SILICIBACTER POMEROYI DSS3; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTERACEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TAURINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SILICIBACTER POMEROYI DSS-3;

EID: 33646742999     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0106-8     Document Type: Article

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