Strategies used by pathogenic and nonpathogenic mycobacteria to synthesize rRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6949-6958

  Gonzalez Y Merchand, J A ^a,c   Garcia, M J ^b   Gonzalez Rico, S ^a,d   Colston, M J ^a   Cox, R A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE;

EID: 0030775368     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.6949-6958.1997     Document Type: Article

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