Characterization of the distal promoter element of halobacteria in vivo using saturation mutagenesis and selection

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1265-1276

  Danner, Stefan ^a   Soppa, Jörg ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HALOBACTERIUM; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HALOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARCHAEA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 0029879480     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02471.x     Document Type: Article

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