Negative regulation of mutS and mutH repair gene expression by the Hfq and RpoS global regulators of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7476-7487

  Tsui, Ho Ching Tiffany ^a   Feng, Gang ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030711638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7476-7487.1997     Document Type: Article

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