Promoter identification and expression analysis of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli nrdEF operons encoding one of two class I ribonucleotide reductases present in both bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 777-790

  Jordan, Albert ^a   Aragall, Eugeni ^a   Gibert, Isidre ^a   Barbé, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOVOBIOCIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030068006     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.424950.x     Document Type: Article

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