Cell cycle control of a holdfast attachment gene in Caulobacter crescentus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1118-1125

  Janakiraman, Raji S ^a   Brun, Yves V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS;

EID: 0032988925     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1118-1125.1999     Document Type: Article

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