Transcription termination within the regulatory nifLA operon of Klebsiella pneumoniae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-454

  Govantes, Fernando ^a   Santero, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

nif regulation; nifLA; polarity; Rho; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OPERON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029863652     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050097     Document Type: Article

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