Cloning and characterization of transcription of the xylAB operon in Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1103-1109

  Erbeznik, Milutin ^a   Dawson, Karl A ^a   Strobel, Herbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; THERMOANAEROBACTER ETHANOLICUS;

EID: 0031909602     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.5.1103-1109.1998     Document Type: Article

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