Countertranscript-driven attenuation system of the pAMβ1 repE gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1099-1112

  Le Chatelier, E ^a   Ehrlich, S D ^a   Janniere L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE REPLICATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029924783     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02550.x     Document Type: Article

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