Involvement of MmoR and MmoG in the transcriptional activation of soluble methane monooxygenase genes in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-187

  Scanlan, Julie ^a   Dumont, Marc G ^a   Murrell, J Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

54 transcriptional regulation; GroEL chaperone; Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; Soluble methane monooxygenase genes

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; MEMBRANE; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MMOG GENE; MMOX GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; OXYGENASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 73349092448     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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