Transcript analysis of the c-vac region and differential synthesis of the two regulatory gas vesicle proteins GvpD and GvpE in Halobacterium salinarium PHH4

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4012-4019

  Krüger, Kerstin ^a   Pfeifer, Felicitas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HALOBACTERIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0029986213     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4012-4019.1996     Document Type: Article

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