A small basic protein from the brz-brb operon is involved in regulation of bop transcription in Halobacterium salinarum

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tarasov, Valery ^a   Schwaiger, Rita ^b   Furtwängler, Katarina ^c   Dyall Smith, Mike ^d   Oesterhelt, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; BACTERIORHODOPSIN REGULATING BASIC PROTEIN; BASIC PROTEIN; NOVOBIOCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRZ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIO OPSIN; BACTERIO-OPSIN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOOPSIN GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIORHODOPSINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES, REPORTER; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 80052869603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-12-42     Document Type: Article

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