The MetJ regulon in gammaproteobacteria determined by comparative genomics methods

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Augustus, Anne M ^a   Spicer, Leonard D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PROTEIN BTUB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHIONINE REPRESSOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CONTROL; GENOMICS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METJ GENE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REGULON; SHEWANELLA ONEIDENSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY;

AEROMONADALES; ALTEROMONADALES; ENTEROBACTERIALES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; PASTEURELLALES; SALMONELLA; SHEWANELLA; VIBRIONALES; YERSINIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 81055124167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-558     Document Type: Article

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