Overlapping activator sequences determined for two oppositely oriented promoters in halophilic Archaea

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 598-606

  Bauer, Martina ^a   Marschaus, Larissa ^a   Reuff, Muriel ^a   Besche, Verena ^a   Sartorius neef, Simone ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; TRANSCRIPTOR ACTIVATOR GVPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI;

EID: 39149132817     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1077     Document Type: Article

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