Stimulation of expression of a silica-induced protein (Sip) in Thermus thermophilus by supersaturated silicic acid

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2406-2413

  Doi, Katsumi ^a   Fujino, Yasuhiro ^a   Inagaki, Fumio ^a   Kawatsu, Ryouichi ^a   Tahara, Miki ^a   Ohshima, Toshihisa ^a   Okaue, Yoshihiro ^a   Yokoyama, Takushi ^a   Iwai, Satoru ^b   Ogata, Seiya ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTERS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCES; AMORPHOUS SILICAS; BINDING PROTEINS; CELL ENVELOPES; CONCENTRATION OF; EXTREME THERMOPHILES; GENBANK; GEOTHERMAL WATERS; PALINDROMIC; SILICIC ACIDS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE-POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; THERMOPHILUS; THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GELATION; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SODIUM; SODIUM SULFATE;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

ABC TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC ION; SILICA INDUCED PROTEIN; SILICIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID; ELECTROKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RESPONSE; PROTEIN; SILICIC ACID; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SOLUBILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT SPRINGS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SILICIC ACID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS AQUATICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 64749100672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02387-08     Document Type: Article

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