Regulation in the rpoS regulon of Escherichia coli

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 707-717

  Loewen, Peter C ^a   Hu, Bel ^a   Strutinsky, Jeanna ^a   Sparling, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Regulation; Sigma factor; Starvation; Transcription; Translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REGULON; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031768013     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-069     Document Type: Short Survey

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