High pressure represses expression of the malB operon in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 111-116

  Sato, Takako ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^a   Nakashima, Kyoko K ^a   Kato, Chiaki ^a   Horikoshi, Koki ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Gene expression; High pressure; LamB; Lambda phage; malB operon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0030021534     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00438-6     Document Type: Article

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