RegA control of bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7765-7773

  Willett, Jonathan ^a   Smart, James L ^b   Bauer, Carl E ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

^c Jordan Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CAROTENOID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; MAGNESIUM PROTOPORPHYRIN IX CHELATASE; MAGNESIUM PROTOPORPHYRIN IX MONOMETHYL ESTER OXIDATIVE CYCLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOENE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN REGA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BCHD GENE; BCHE GENE; BCHG GENE; BCHI GENE; BCHJ GENE; BCHP GENE; CRTA GENE; CRTB GENE; CRTI GENE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 35648987978     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00853-07     Document Type: Article

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