Promoter characterization in the AT-rich genome of the obligate endosymbiont "Candidatus Blochmannia floridanus"

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3747-3751

  Stoll, Sascha ^a   Feldhaar, Heike ^b   Gross, Roy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK SIGMA FACTOR 32; HEAT-SHOCK SIGMA FACTOR 32; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CANDIDATUS BLOCHMANNIA FLORIDANUS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CANDIDATUS BLOCHMANNIA; CANDIDATUS BLOCHMANNIA FLORIDANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 66149096252     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00069-09     Document Type: Article

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