Isolation and characterization of the nikR gene encoding a nickel- responsive regulator in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 670-674

  De Pina, Karinne ^a   Desjardin, Valerie ^a   Mandrand Berthelot, Marie Andree ^a   Giordano, Gerard ^b   Wu, Long Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032932493     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.2.670-674.1999     Document Type: Article

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