Functional studies of the gvpACNO operon of Halobacterium salinarium reveal that the GvpC protein shapes gas vesicles

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2071-2078

  Offner, Sonja ^a   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOBACTERIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 0029966038     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2071-2078.1996     Document Type: Article

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