Identification of the urease operon in Helicobacter pylori and its control by mRNA decay in response to pH

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1071-1084

  Akada, Junko K ^a   Shirai, Mutsunori ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroaki ^a   Tsuda, Masataka ^b   Nakazawa, Teruko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UREASE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOENZYMES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UREASE;

EID: 0034076830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01918.x     Document Type: Review

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