Translation of the leaderless Caulobacter dnaX mRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3981-3988

  Winzeler, Elizabeth ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RNA 16S; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030923760     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.3981-3988.1997     Document Type: Article

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