Regulation of carAB expression in Escherichia coli occurs in part through UTP-sensitive reiterative transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 705-713

  Han, Xiaosi ^a   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PYRIMIDINE SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0031951638     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.705-713.1998     Document Type: Article

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