Modulation of gene expression through chromosomal positioning in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2071-2078

  Sousa, Carolina ^a,b   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a   Cebolla, Angel ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Catabolic operons; gyrB; NahR; Positional effects

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODEGRADATION; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030814122     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-2071     Document Type: Article

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