Transcriptional organization and regulation of magnetosome operons in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5757-5765

  Schübbe, Sabrina ^a   Würdemann, Chris ^a   Peplies, Jörg ^a   Heyen, Udo ^a   Wawer, Cathrin ^a   Glöckner, Frank Oliver ^a   Schüler, Dirk ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

MAGNETITE BIOMINERALIZATION; MMS OPERONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-PCR (RT-PCR); RNA MICROARRAYS;

GENES;

IRON; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN; SPACER DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXYGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE; MAMAB GENE; MAMDC GENE; MMS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MAGNETICS; MAGNETOSPIRILLUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; ORGANELLES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MAGNETOSPIRILLUM GRYPHISWALDENSE;

EID: 33748791714     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00201-06     Document Type: Article

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