Functional analysis of sigma-70 consensus promoters in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 981-985

  McLean, Bradley W ^a   Wiseman, Shari L ^b   Kropinski, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Promoter; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; RpoD; RpoN; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031454648     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-141     Document Type: Short Survey

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