A 45 bp inverted repeat is required for cell cycle regulation of the Escherichia coil nrd operon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1307-1314

  Jacobson, Blake A ^a   Fuchs, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; THYMINE; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031746466     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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