Contribution of the P(mra) promoter to expression of genes in the Escherichia coli mra cluster of cell envelope biosynthesis and cell division genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4406-4412

  Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a   Ayala, Juan ^b   Bouhss, Ahmed ^a   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a   Parquet, Claudine ^a   Hara, Hiroshi ^c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID PRECURSOR; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVELOPE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARA; NEGIBACTERIA;

CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031595241     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4406-4412.1998     Document Type: Article

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