Analysis of cis-acting elements required for bfpA expression in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3013-3016

  Bustamante, Victor H ^a   Calva, Edmundo ^a   Puente, Jose Luis ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CIS ACTING ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032454634     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.3013-3016.1998     Document Type: Article

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