The ihfmRNA levels decline as Neisseria gonorrhoeae enters the stationary growth phase

Gene

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-310

  Hill, Stuart A ^a,b   Belland, Robert J ^a   Wilson, Jeanne ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration host factor; Neisseria; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032581272     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00285-6     Document Type: Article

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