Genome prediction of PhoB regulated promoters in Sinorhizobium meliloti and twelve proteobacteria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2686-2697

  Yuan, Ze Chun ^a   Zaheer, Rahat ^a   Morton, Richard ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATALASE; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PHOB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; POLYPHOSPHATE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; ALGORITHM; BINDING SITE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYPHOSPHATES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEOBACTERIA; REGULON; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 33744797980     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl365     Document Type: Article

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