Transcription of the glutamyl-tRNA reductase (hemA) gene in Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli: Role of the hemA P1 promoter and the arcA gene product

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 638-646

  Choi, Peter ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Archer, C Dawn ^a   Elliott, Thomas ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; HEME; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030067385     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.638-646.1996     Document Type: Article

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