Monovalent cations differ in their effects on transcription initiation from a σ-70 promoter of Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 95-98

  Wang, Jian Ying ^a,b   Drlica, Karl ^b   Syvanen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; Potassium; Rubidium; Sodium

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; MONOVALENT CATION; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POTASSIUM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030841564     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00207-2     Document Type: Article

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