TrpY regulation of trpB2 transcription in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2637-2641

  Karr, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Sandman, Kathleen ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Reeve, John N ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; METHANOBACTERIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS;

EID: 41549104237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01926-07     Document Type: Article

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