Identification and characterization of the fis operon in enteric bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5932-5946

  Beach, Michael B ^a   Osuna, Robert ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; RECOMBINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ERWINIA; ERWINIA CAROTOVORA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031733414     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5932-5946.1998     Document Type: Article

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