The leuO gene product has a latent ability to relieve bgl silencing in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 190-193

  Ueguchi, Chiharu ^a   Ohta, Tomoko ^a   Seto, Chiharu ^a   Suzuki, Tomomi ^a   Mizuno, Takeshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031963259     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.1.190-193.1998     Document Type: Article

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