Genetic analysis of the Mycobacterium smegmatis rpsL promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3564-3571

  Kenney, Teresa J ^a   Churchward, Gordon ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029936383     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3564-3571.1996     Document Type: Article

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