Transcriptional organization and regulation of the dnaK and groE operons of Chlamydia trachomatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6983-6990

  Tan, Ming ^a   Wong, Bernice ^a   Engel, Joanne N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE ORDER; HEAT SHOCK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029830433     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6983-6990.1996     Document Type: Article

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