The general stress response factor EcfG regulates expression of the C-2 hopanoid methylase HpnP in Rhodopseudomonas palustris TIE-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2490-2498

  Kulkarni, Gargi ^a,b   Wu, Chia Hung ^a   Newmana, Dianne K ^a,b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL HOPANOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOPANOID; STRESS RESPONSE FACTOR ECFG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS PALUSTRIS; TEMPERATURE STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRITERPENES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84877968008     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00186-13     Document Type: Article

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