Identification of a transcriptional repressor involved in benzoate metabolism in Geobacter bemidjiensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7058-7062

  Ueki, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOBACTER; IN-SITU; SUBSURFACE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSORS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GENES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GEOBACTER; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACETATES; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOATES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GEOBACTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 81855199274     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05516-11     Document Type: Article

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