Coordinate transcriptional control in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 3920-3927

  Haseltine, Cynthia ^a   Montalvo Rodriguez, Rafael ^a   Bini, Elisabetta ^a   Carl, Audrey ^a   Blum, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; GLYCOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; SUCROSE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0033061353     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3920-3927.1999     Document Type: Article

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