The Escherichia coli mrsC gene is required for cell growth and mRNA decay

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1920-1928

  Granger, Laurie L ^a   O'Hara, Eileen B ^a   Wang, Rong Fu ^a,b   Meffen, Frances V ^a   Armstrong, Katherine ^a,c   Yancey, Stephanie D ^a,d   Babitzke, Paul ^a,e   Kushner, Sidney R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ELANCO ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d BECKMAN COULTER INC   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031944167     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1920-1928.1998     Document Type: Article

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