Isolation and characterization of a xylose-dependent promoter from Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 592-600

  Meisenzahl, Aimee C ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a   Jenal, Urs ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031016796     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.592-600.1997     Document Type: Article

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