Expression and regulation of the rnc and pdxJ operons of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 977-989

  Matsunaga, James ^a   Dyer, Michael ^a,b   Simons, Elizabeth L ^a   Simons, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029844518     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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