Post-transcriptional control by global regulators of gene expression in bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-158

  Nogueira, Teresa ^a   Springer, Mathias ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLD SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034031110     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00068-0     Document Type: Review

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