Role of HrcA and CIRCE in the heat shock regulatory network of Bradyrhizobium japonicum

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-22

  Minder, Alexander C ^a   Fischer, Hans Martin ^a   Hennecke, Hauke ^a   Narberhaus, Franz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHAPERONIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033988198     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.1.14-22.2000     Document Type: Article

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