A gene, yaeQ, that suppresses reduced operon expression caused by mutations in the transcription elongation gene rfaH in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 693-696

  Wong, K R ^a   Hughes, C ^a   Koronakis, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemolysin; NusG; RfaH; Transcription; YaeQ

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; HEMOLYSIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031897138     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050699     Document Type: Article

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