Construction of a double hha hns mutant of Escherichia coli: Effect on DNA supercoiling and α-haemolysin production

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Nieto, J M ^a   Mourino M ^a   Balsalobre, C ^a   Madrid, C ^a   Prenafeta, A ^a   Munoa F J ^a   Juarez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; Escherichia coli; H NS; Hemolysin; Hha

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031474135     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00364-9     Document Type: Article

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