The Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1 rho gene: Expression and genetic analysis of structure and function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1946-1954

  Gomelsky, Mark ^a   Kaplan, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029927350     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1946-1954.1996     Document Type: Article

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