Functional characterization of a cyanobacterial OmpR/PhoB class transcription factor binding site controlling light color responses

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5923-5933

  Bezy, Ryan P ^a   Kehoe, David M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CPEC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OMPR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; L BOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLOR; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

CYANOBACTERIA; FREMYELLA DIPLOSIPHON;

EID: 78049428330     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00602-10     Document Type: Article

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