Transcriptional and posttranscriptional events control copper-responsive expression of a Rhodobacter capsulatus multicopper oxidase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1849-1859

  Rademacher, Corinna ^a   Moser, Roman ^a   Lackmann, Jan Wilm ^a   Klinkert, Birgit ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a   Masepohl, Bernd ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COPPER; MESSENGER RNA; MULTICOPPER OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPACER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; METAL TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; POSTTRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RNA STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COPPER; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 84861203730     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06274-11     Document Type: Article

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