Transcriptional analysis of the 16S rRNA gene in Rickettsia prowazekii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1750-1755

  Pang, Huiling ^a   Winkler, Herbert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029883699     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1750-1755.1996     Document Type: Article

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