Autogenous regulation of transcription termination factor Rho and the requirement for Nus factors in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 651-663

  Ingham, Colin J ^a,b   Dennis, Joanne ^a   Furneaux, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032904686     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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