Activation of Escherichia coli rRNA transcription by FIS during a growth cycle

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1525-1532

  Appleman, J Alex ^a   Ross, Wilma ^a   Salomon, Julia ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BASE PAIRING; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031893742     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1525-1532.1998     Document Type: Article

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