The CIRCE element and its putative repressor control cell cycle expression of the Caulobacter crescentus groESL operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1632-1641

  Baldini, Regina Lúcia ^a   Avedissian, Marcelo ^a   Gomes, Suely Lopes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CAULOBACTER; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031944677     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1632-1641.1998     Document Type: Article

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