Analysis of the puc operon promoter from Rhodobacter capsulatus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4270-4277

  Nickens, David G ^a   Bauer, Carl E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 0031876196     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.16.4270-4277.1998     Document Type: Article

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