Transcriptional regulation of type 4 pilin genes and the site-specific recombinase gene, piv, in Moraxella lacunata and Moraxella bovis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7298-7305

  Heinrich, Deborah Wellner ^a   Glasgow, Anna C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RECOMBINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030690923     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7298-7305.1997     Document Type: Article

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