Analysis of the clostridial hydrophobic with a conserved tryptophan family (ChW) of proteins in Clostridium acetobutylicum with emphasis on ChW14 and ChW16/17

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-43

  Sullivan, Leighann ^a   Paredes, Carlos J ^b   Papoutsakis, Eleftherios T ^b   Bennett, George N ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Galactosidase reporter assay; ChW domain; Phylogeny; Primer extension; Spo0A transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

CHW DOMAIN; PHYLOGENY; PRIMER EXTENSION; SPO0A TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

GENES; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN CHW14; PROTEIN CHW16/17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPOOA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM;

EID: 35148814881     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2007.07.022     Document Type: Article

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