In silico prediction and functional validation of σ28- regulated genes in Chlamydia and Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8206-8212

  Yu, Hilda Hiu Yin ^a   Kibler, Dennis ^a,b   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOINFORMATICS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNAK GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS; TLYC 1 GENE; TSP GENE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33751580889     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01082-06     Document Type: Article

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