Mutations in the alpha and sigma-70 subunits of RNA polymerase affect expression of the ruer operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1787-1795

  Caslake, Laurie F ^a,b   Ashraf, Shovon I ^a,c   Summers, Anne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; MERCURY; PLASMID DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031053297     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1787-1795.1997     Document Type: Article

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