Mutational analysis of the cbb operon (CO2 assimilation) promoter of Ralstonia eutropha

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4374-4380

  Jeffke, Thomas ^a   Gropp, Niels Holger ^a   Kaiser, Claudia ^a   Grzeszik, Claudia ^a,b   Kusian, Bernhard ^a   Bowien, Botho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RALSTONIA; RALSTONIA EUTROPHA; WAUTERSIA EUTROPHA;

EID: 0032808780     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4374-4380.1999     Document Type: Article

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