Genetic analysis of the stationary phase-induced mcb operon promoter in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 415-424

  Mao, Weimin ^a   Siegele, Deborah A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031963552     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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