Extracytoplasmic function σ factors of the widely distributed group ECF41 contain a fused regulatory domain

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-213

  Wecke, Tina ^a   Halang, Petra ^a   Staroń, Anna ^a   Dufour, Yann S ^b   Donohue, Timothy J ^b   Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti factor; ECF factor; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLYASE; CARBOXYMUCONOLACTONE DECARBOXYLASE; EPIMERASE; EXTRACYTOPLASMIC FUNCTION PROTEIN 41; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84873523437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.22     Document Type: Article

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