The initiation mess?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 659-666

  Herrick, John ^a   Kohiyama, Masamichi ^a   Atlung, Tove ^b   Hansen, Flemming G ^c  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR;

CELL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030047958     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.432956.x     Document Type: Review

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