Localization of Escherichia coli rpoC mutations that affect RNA polymerase assembly and activity at high temperature

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2663-2665

  Nedea, Eduard C ^a   Markov, Dmitriy ^a,b   Naryshkina, Tatyana ^a   Severinov, Konstantin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; YEAST;

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

EID: 0032907144     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2663-2665.1999     Document Type: Article

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