Use of an inducible regulatory protein to identify members of a regulon: Application to the regulon controlled by the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6254-6263

  Bhagwat, Samir P ^a   Rice, Manda R ^a   Matthews, Rowena G ^b   Blumenthal, Robert M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030809023     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6254-6263.1997     Document Type: Article

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