Transcriptional organization and in vivo role of the Escherichia coli rsd gene, encoding the regulator of RNA polymerase sigma D

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3768-3776

  Jishage, Miki ^a,b   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PRIMER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032980156     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3768-3776.1999     Document Type: Article

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