Genome wide analysis of the complete GlnR nitrogen-response regulon in Mycobacterium smegmatis

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jenkins, Victoria A ^a   Barton, Geraint R ^a   Robertson, Brian D ^a   Williams, Kerstin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLNR PROTEIN; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLNR GENE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84876987238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-301     Document Type: Article

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