Structure and expression of a pyrimidine gene cluster from the extreme thermophile Thermus strain ZO5

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3470-3481

  Van De Casteele, Mark ^a   Chen, Pingguo ^a   Roovers, Martine ^a   Legrain, Christiane ^b   Glansdorff, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherches du CERIA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; PYRIMIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; START CODON; THERMUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS CALDOLYTICUS; BACILLUS SP.; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; THERMUS;

EID: 0030922432     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3470-3481.1997     Document Type: Article

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