Regulation of pyr gene expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis by PyrR-dependent translational repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6236-6245

  Fields, Christopher J ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; URACIL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PYR GENE; PYRR GENE; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; URACIL;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548478561     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00803-07     Document Type: Article

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