MreA functions in the global regulation of methanogenic pathways in Methanosarcina acetivorans

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Reichlen, Matthew J ^a,b   Vepachedu, Venkata R ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko S ^a   Ferry, James G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHANE; PROTEIN MREA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRMB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TRMBL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS; MREA GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINA ACETIVORANS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; METHANE; METHANOSARCINA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84865715263     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00189-12     Document Type: Article

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