Complementation of the hha mutation in Escherichia coli by the ymoA gene from Yersinia enterocolitica: Dependence on the gene dosage

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1841-1846

  Balsalobre, Carlos ^a   Juárez, Antonio ^a   Madrid, Cristina ^a   Mouriño, Mercedes ^a   Prenafeta, Antonio ^a   Muñoa, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene complementation; Gene dosage; hha gene; Insertion element mobilization; ymoA gene

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029997802     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-7-1841     Document Type: Article

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