Surface proteins and a novel transcription factor regulate the expression of the S-layer gene in Thermus thermophilus HB8

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Fernández Herrero, Luis Angel ^a   Olabarría, Garbiñe ^a   Berenguer, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVELOPE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030889859     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3191683.x     Document Type: Article

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