Defining a rob regulon in Escherichia coli by using transposon mutagenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3794-3801

  Bennik, Marjon H J ^a,b   Pomposiello, Pablo J ^a   Thorne, Derek F ^a   Demple, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLOHEXANES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEXANES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; REGULON; SOLVENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034123697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3794-3801.2000     Document Type: Article

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