Long-distance effect of downstream transcription on activity of the supercoiling-sensitive leu-500 promoter in a topA mutant of Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7129-7137

  Spirito, Flavia ^a   Bossi, Lionello ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

FELIS CATUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRIXIS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030451721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7129-7137.1996     Document Type: Article

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