The Acinetobacter baylyi hfq gene encodes a large protein with an unusual C terminus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5553-5562

  Schilling, Dominik ^b   Gerischer, Ulrike ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; PROTEIN HFQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ACINETOBACTER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACINETOBACTER BAYLYI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MORAXELLACEAE;

EID: 68949147832     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00490-09     Document Type: Article

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