Isolation and characterization of the integration host factor genes of Pasteurella haemolytica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-188

  Highlander, Sarah K ^a   Garza, Orlando ^a   Brown, Billie Jo ^a   Koby, Simi ^b   Oppenheim, Amos B ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; integration host factor; Pasteurella haemolytica

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031016209     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00469-7     Document Type: Article

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