Suppression of the Bgl+ phenotype of a Δhns strain of Escherichia coli by a Bacillus subtilis antiterminator binding site

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 761-766

  Beloin, Christophe ^a   Hirschbein, Luisa ^a   Le Hégarat, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Antiterminator protein; Bacillus subtilis; Ribonucleic AntiTerminator (RAT); Glucoside

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030012015     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172988     Document Type: Article

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