Regulation of DNA gyrase operon in Mycobacterium smegmatis: A distinct mechanism of relaxation stimulated transcription

Genes to Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 697-706

  Unniraman, Shyam ^a   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0033374162     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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