Regulation of the expression of the traM gene of the F sex factor of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 549-558

  Penfold, Sonya S ^a,b   Simon, John ^a   Frost, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029916145     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5361059.x     Document Type: Article

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