TouR-mediated effector-independent growth phase-dependent activation of the σ54 Ptou promoter of Pseudomonas stutzeri OX1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 7353-7363

  Solera, Dafne ^a,d   Arenghi, Fabio L G ^a,e   Woelk, Tanja ^a   Galli, Enrica ^a   Barbieri, Paola ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c Dipto Biol Strutturale Funzionale   (Italy)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ACS Dobfar   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHENOL; TOLUENE 2 XYLENE MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; REGULATOR GENE; TOUR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TOLUENE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 6044239434     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.21.7353-7363.2004     Document Type: Article

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