Influence of salt on the transcription of the gas-vesicle genes of Haloferax mediterranei and identification of the endogenous transcriptional activator gene

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1715-1723

  Röder, Richard ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaea; Gas vesicle genes; Gene regulation; Haloferax mediterranei; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION;

EID: 0029935022     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1715     Document Type: Article

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