The gcvB gene encodes a small untranslated RNA involved in expression of the dipeptide and oligopeptide transport systems in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 856-868

  Urbanowski, Mark L ^a   Stauffer, Lorraine T ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIPEPTIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033854238     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02051.x     Document Type: Article

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