Polar allele duplication for transcriptional analysis of consecutive essential genes: Application to a cluster of Escherichia coli fatty acid biosynthetic genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3614-3620

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA INTEGRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029941170     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3614-3620.1996     Document Type: Article

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