Transcriptional activation of the Azotobacter vinelandii polyhydroxybutyrate biosynthetic genes phbBAC by PhbR and RpoS

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3014-3023

  Hernandez Eligio, Alberto ^a   Castellanos, Mildred ^a   Moreno, Soledad ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 80155150929     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.051649-0     Document Type: Article

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