Physiology and posttranscriptional regulation of methanol:coenzyme M methyltransferase isozymes in Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6928-6935

  Opulencia, Rina B ^a,b   Bose, Arpita ^a,c   Metcalf, William W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COENZYME M METHYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; METHANE; METHANOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN MTAA; PROTEIN MTAB; PROTEIN MTAC; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; ISOENZYMES; METHANOSARCINA; METHYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

EID: 70350468862     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00947-09     Document Type: Article

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