Regulation of the 'tetCD' genes of transposon Tn10

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-25

  Pepe, Cynthia M ^a,b   Suzuki, Chise ^a,c   Laurie, Cynthia ^a   Simons, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Tetracycline resistance; Transcription; Transposition

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031552597     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1094     Document Type: Article

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