Decoding the genetic networks of environmental bacteria: Regulatory moonlighting of the TOL system of Pseudomonas putida mt-2

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 229-232

  Silva Rocha, Rafael ^a   Pérez Pantoja, Danilo ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XYLENE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOTE; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XYLENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84872923023     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.98     Document Type: Note

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