Vitamin B12 regulates photosystem gene expression via the CrtJ antirepressor AerR in Rhodobacter capsulatus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 649-664

  Cheng, Zhuo ^a   Li, Keran ^a   Hammad, Loubna A ^a   Karty, Jonathan A ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLL; CRTJ PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCHLOROPHYLLS; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84893745931     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12491     Document Type: Article

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