Genetic analysis of mutations affecting pckA regulation in Rhizobium (Sinorhizobium) meliloti

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1521-1531

  Østerås, Magne ^a   O'Brien, Shelley A P ^a   Finan, Turlough M ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0030823002     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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