Transcriptional and mutational analyses of the rpoN operon in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 5138-5147

  Janakiraman, Raji S ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; FLAGELLUM; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 0030752541     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.16.5138-5147.1997     Document Type: Article

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