Characterization of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling fabAB Transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Schweizer, Herbert P ^a   Choi, Kyoung Hee ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESA GENE; FABAB GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE PRODUCT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PA1611 GENE; PA1627 GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA TRANSLATION; RPON GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3-OXOACYL-(ACYL-CARRIER-PROTEIN) SYNTHASE; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FATTY ACID SYNTHETASE COMPLEX, TYPE II; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDRO-LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 84866988840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045646     Document Type: Article

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