Identification of the hetr recognition sequence upstream of hetz in anabaena sp. Strain pcc 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2297-2306

  Du, Ye ^a   Cai, Yan ^a   Hou, Shengwei ^a   Xu, Xudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HETR PROTEIN; HETZ PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PENTAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INHIBITION KINETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 84861208281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00119-12     Document Type: Article

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