The rpoS gene of Erwinia carotovora: Gene organization and functional expression in E. Coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-281

  Calcutt, Michael J ^a,b   Becker Hapak, Michelle ^a,e   Gaut, Martin ^c   Hoerter, James ^c   Eisenstark, Abraham ^a,b,d  

^a Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c FERRIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dept of Pathol/Molecular Oncology ^*  (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalase; Erwinia; rpoS

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CATALASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032519987     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00582-X     Document Type: Article

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