Promoter characterization and constitutive expression of the Escherichia coli gcvR gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1803-1807

  Ghrist, Angela C ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; GLYCINE; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM; HYBRID PROTEIN; INOSINE; NUCLEOTIDE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031898054     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1803-1807.1998     Document Type: Article

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