The complex bet promoters of Escherichia coli: Regulation by oxygen (ArcA), choline (BetI), and osmotic stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1655-1662

  Lamark, Trond ^a   Røkenes, Torunn P ^a   McDougall, John ^a,c   Strøm, Arne R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Apothekernes Laboratorium AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULON; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029965414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1655-1662.1996     Document Type: Article

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