Transcription of the Escherichia coli dcw cluster: Evidence for distal upstream transcripts being involved in the expression of the downstream ftsZ gene

Biochimie

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-115

  De La Fuente, Alicia ^a   Palacios, Pilar ^a   Vicente, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell division; Dcw cluster; Escherichia coli; Regulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0035117389     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(00)01212-8     Document Type: Article

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