Use of an in vivo titration method to study a global regulator: Effect of varying Lrp levels on expression of gltBDF in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6904-6912

  Borst, Deborah W ^a   Blumenthal, Robert M ^b   Matthews, Rowena G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOPS;

EID: 0029839114     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6904-6912.1996     Document Type: Article

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