Overlapping and specialized functions of the molybdenum-dependent regulators MopA and MopB in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8441-8451

  Wiethaus, Jessica ^a   Wirsing, Andrea ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a   Masepohl, Bernd ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MOLYBDENUM; MOPA PROTEIN; MOPB PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MODABC GENE; MORAB GENE; MORC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLYBDENUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 33845415092     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01188-06     Document Type: Article

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