CdnL, a member of the large CarD-like family of bacterial proteins, is vital for Myxococcus xanthus and differs functionally from the global transcriptional regulator CarD

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4586-4598

  García Moreno, Diana ^a   Abellón Ruiz, Javier ^a   García Heras, Francisco ^a   Murillo, Francisco J ^a   Padmanabhan, S ^b   Elías Arnanz, Montserrat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDNL; PROTEIN DKSA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CARD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARD PROTEIN, MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LETHALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955144096     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq214     Document Type: Article

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