Identification of greA encoding a transcriptional elongation factor as a member of the carA-orf-carB-greA operon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3043-3046

  Lu, Chung Dar ^a   Kwon, Dong Hyeon ^a   Abdelal, Ahmed T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; NUCLEOSIDE; PYRIMIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030896285     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.3043-3046.1997     Document Type: Article

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