Mutational analysis of the Chlamydia trachomatis rRNA P1 promoter defines four regions important for transcription in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2359-2366

  Tan, Ming ^a,d   Gaal, Tamas ^b   Gourse, Richard L ^b   Engel, Joanne N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0031956095     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2359-2366.1998     Document Type: Article

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