Genetic screen for regulatory mutations in Methanococcus maripaludis and its use in identification of induction-deficient mutants of the euryarchaeal repressor NrpR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6595-6600

  Lie, Thomas J ^a   Leigh, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORS;

BINDING SITES; CELLS; DNA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; PYRANOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC SCREENING; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NRPR GENE; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; KETOGLUTARIC ACIDS; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EURYARCHAEOTA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI;

EID: 35448939174     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01324-07     Document Type: Article

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