Transcriptional regulation of the Rhodobacter capsulatus response regulator CtrA

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-106

  Leung, Molly M ^a,b   Brimacombe, Cedric A ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; MALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CULTURE; CTRA GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 84871689899     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.062349-0     Document Type: Article

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