The relA/spoT-homologous gene in Streptomyces coelicolor encodes both ribosome-dependent (p)ppGpp-synthesizing and -degrading activities

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4123-4132

  Martínez Costa, Oscar H ^a   Fernández Moreno, Miguel A ^a,b   Malpartida, Francisco ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0031829736     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4123-4132.1998     Document Type: Article

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