Differential fiu-lacZ fusion regulation linked to Escherichia coli colony development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 18-32

  Newman, Dina L ^a   Shapiro, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032971754     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01423.x     Document Type: Article

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