The Bordetella pertussis sigma subunit of RNA polymerase confers enhanced expression of fha in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 945-954

  Steffen, Pierre ^a   Goyard, Sophie ^a   Ullmann, Agnes ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031037587     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2741639.x     Document Type: Article

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