Multiple transcriptional control of the Lactococcus lactis trp operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3174-3180

  Raya, Raul ^a,b   Bardowski, Jacek ^a,c   Andersen, Paal S ^a,d   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Chopin, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d Biotechnological Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031780216     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3174-3180.1998     Document Type: Article

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