Genome-wide similarity search for transcription factors and their binding sites in a metal-reducing prokaryote Geobacter sulfurreducens

BioSystems

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 421-441

  Yan, Bin ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^b   Krushkal, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Geobacter sulfurreducens; Operon; Transcription factor binding site; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL BINDING; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROKARYOTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACTER SULFURREDUCENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34548415488     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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