The leader sequence of the Escherichia coli lysC gene is involved in the regulation of LysC synthesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-170

  Patte, Jean Claude ^a   Akrim, Mohamed ^a   Méjean, Vincent ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aspartokinase; Leader sequence; Lysine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPARTATE KINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031765813     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00479-0     Document Type: Article

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