Processive antitermination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-367

  Weisberg, Robert A ^a   Gottesman, Max E ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032901203     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.359-367.1999     Document Type: Short Survey

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