Identification and cloning of an Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora bacteriocin regulator gene by insertional mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1953-1957

  Chuang, Duen Yau ^a   Kyeremeh, Ampaabeng G ^a   Gunji, Yuichi ^a,b   Takahara, Yoshiyuki ^c   Ehara, Yoshio ^a   Kikumoto, Toshio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kantounousan Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL GLASS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ERWINIA CAROTOVORA;

EID: 0032989255     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1953-1957.1999     Document Type: Article

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