Identification of the Geobacter metallireducens BamVW Two-Component System, Involved in Transcriptional Regulation of Aromatic Degradation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 383-385

  Juárez, Javier F ^b   Zamarro, María Teresa ^b   Barragá, María J L ^b,c   Blázquez, Blas ^b   Boll, Matthias ^a   Kuntze, Kevin ^a   García, José Luis ^b   Díaz, Eduardo ^b   Carmona, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; GENE CODING; GEOBACTER; MODEL ORGANISMS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TWO COMPONENT SYSTEMS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; IRON COMPOUNDS;

DEGRADATION;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZOATE COENZYME A LIGASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; COENZYME A LIGASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GEOBACTER; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS GS-15;

EID: 76149102595     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02255-09     Document Type: Article

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