Autoregulation of the partition genes of the mini-F plasmid and the intracellular localization of their products in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 392-403

  Hirano, M ^a   Mori, H ^b   Onogi, T ^a   Yamazoe, M ^a   Niki, H ^a   Ogura, T ^a   Hiraga, S ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; F plasmid; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Immunoprecipitation; Plasmid partitioning

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON;

EID: 0031888009     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050663     Document Type: Article

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