The s29x gene of symbiotic bacteria in Amoeba proteus with a novel promoter

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-93

  Pak, J W ^a   Jeon, K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Nucleotide sequence; Promoter; Protein export; Recombinant DNA

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA PROTEUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029884031     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00016-9     Document Type: Article

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