IS900 targets translation initiation signals in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to facilitate expression of its hed gene

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 547-552

  Doran, Tim ^b   Tizard, Mark ^b   Millar, Douglas ^a,b   Ford, Jon ^b   Sumar, Nazira ^b   Loughlin, Mark ^b   Hermon Taylor, John ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA insertion elements; IS900; Mycobacteria; Targeting; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME; START CODON; TRANSPOSON;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031059058     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-547     Document Type: Article

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