Crl stimulates RpoS activity during stationary phase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1225-1236

  Pratt, Leslie A ^a,b   Silhavy, Thomas J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; KANAMYCIN; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PORINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031709456     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01007.x     Document Type: Article

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