Molecular cloning and characterization of groESL operon in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 360-368

  Kim, Su Nam ^a   Kim, Seung Whan ^a   Pyo, Suhk Neung ^a   Rhee, Dong Kwon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CIRCE; groEL; groES; Heat Shock Protein; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNAK PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GROESL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HRCA PROTEIN, BACILLUS; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035973596     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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