The rRNA operons of Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Comparison of promoter elements and of neighbouring upstream genes

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 667-674

  Gonzalez y Merchand, Jorge A ^a,b   Colston, M Joseph ^a   Cox, Robert A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell wall synthesis; Pathogenic non pathogenic mycobacteria; Promoter activities; rRNA operons; UDP N acetylglucosamine 1 carboxyvinyl transferase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029917091     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-3-667     Document Type: Article

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