TraM of plasmid R1 controls transfer gene expression as an integrated control element in a complex regulatory network

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 495-507

  Pölzleitner, Elisabeth ^a   Zechner, Ellen L ^a   Renner, Wilfried ^a   Fratte, Rainer ^a   Jauk, Bettina ^a   Högenauer, Gregor ^a   Koraimann, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030779059     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4831853.x     Document Type: Article

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