Multicopy fimB gene expression in Escherichia coli: Binding to inverted repeats in vivo, effect of fimA gene transcription and DNA inversion

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1161-1173

  Dove, Simon L ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029828216     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.681434.x     Document Type: Article

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