Transcriptional analysis of the sigA and sigB genes of Brevibacterium lactofermentum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-117

  Oguiza, José A ^a,c   Marcos, Ana T ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corynebacteria; SigA; SigB; Sigma factor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BREVIBACTERIUM; CISTRON; CODON; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BREVIBACTERIUM; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM;

EID: 0030861791     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00243-7     Document Type: Article

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