Insertion or Deletion of the Cheo Box Modifies Radiation Inducibility of Clostridium Promoters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4464-4470

  Nuyts, S ^a,b   Van Mellaert, L ^a   Barbe S ^a   Lammertyn, E ^a   Theys, J ^a   Landuyt, W ^b   Bosmans, E ^c   Lambin, P ^d   Anne J ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DiaMed EuroGen   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; RECA PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLULASE; CLOSTRIDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REC A RECOMBINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035488972     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.10.4464-4470.2001     Document Type: Article

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