Cloning, sequence and mutagenesis of the structural gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa CysB, which can activate algD transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1275-1284

  Delic Attree, I ^a   Toussaint, B ^a   Garin, J ^b   Vignais, P M ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b DBMS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030740619     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4121799.x     Document Type: Article

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