Posttranscriptional osmotic regulation of the σs subunit of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1607-1613

  Muffler, Andrea ^a   Traulsen, Dirk D ^a   Lange, Roland ^a   Hengge Aronis, Regine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HALF-LIFE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MODELS, GENETIC; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0029962930     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1607-1613.1996     Document Type: Article

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