Transcription of the Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 ntcA gene: Multiple transcripts and NtcA binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 922-926

  Ramasubramanian, T S ^a,b   Wei, Tai Fen ^a,c   Oldham, Arian K ^a   Golden, James W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Spic Science Foundation India   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NITROGEN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.;

EID: 0030027864     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.922-926.1996     Document Type: Article

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