Protein-DNA interactions in the ori region of the Mycobacterium fortuitum plasmid pAL5000

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6693-6700

  Stolt, Pelle ^a   Stoker, Neil G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM;

EID: 0029811306     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6693-6700.1996     Document Type: Article

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