The BglG group of antiterminators: A growing family of bacterial regulators

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-513

  Mahadevan, Subramony ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial antitermination; Phosphotransferase systems; Response regulators; RNA binding proteins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031427370     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703196     Document Type: Article

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