ArgC orthologs from rhizobiales show diverse profiles of transcriptional efficiency and functionality in sinorhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 460-472

  Díaz, Rafael ^a   Vargas Lagunas, Carmen ^a   Villalobos, Miguel Angel ^a   Peralta, Humberto ^a   Mora, Yolanda ^a   Encarnación, Sergio ^a   Girard, Lourdes ^a   Mora, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ARGC; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARGC GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI; RHIZOBIALES; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 78650907160     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01010-10     Document Type: Article

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