Transcription start sites for syrM and nodD3 flank an insertion sequence relic in Rhizobium meliloti

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1782-1787

  Barnett, Melanie J ^a   Rushing, Brenda G ^a,b   Fisher, Robert F ^a   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030010436     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1782-1787.1996     Document Type: Article

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