Transcription termination control in bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-153

  Henkin, Tina M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034067840     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00067-9     Document Type: Review

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