Increased rrn gene dosage causes intermittent transcription of rRNA in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 4170-4175

  Voulgaris, Justina ^a   French, Sarah ^b   Gourse, Richard L ^c   Squires, Craig ^d   Squires, Catherine L ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

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

EID: 0032811010     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.14.4170-4175.1999     Document Type: Article

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