Mutation analysis of the 5' untranslated region of the cold shock cspA mRNA of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6284-6291

  Yamanaka, Kunitoshi ^a   Mitta, Masanori ^a,b   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TAKARA SHUZO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032720089     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6284-6291.1999     Document Type: Article

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