Analysis of elements involved in pseudoknot-dependent expression and regulation of the repA gene of an IncL/M plasmid

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1811-1819

  Athanasopoulos, V ^a   Praszkier, J ^a   Pittard, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0033059190     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1811-1819.1999     Document Type: Article

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