Characterization of two heat shock genes from Haloferax volcanii: A model system for transcription regulation in the Archaea

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6318-6324

  Kuo, Yen Ping ^a   Thompson, Dorothea K ^a   St Jean, Andrew ^b   Charlebois, Robert L ^b   Daniels, Charles J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030816276     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6318-6324.1997     Document Type: Article

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