Stringent and growth-rate-dependent control of the gua operon of Escherichia coli K-12

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2429-2437

  Davies, Ian J ^a   Drabble, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Growth rate dependent regulation; Gua promoter; Stringent control

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MAPPING; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029785522     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2429     Document Type: Article

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