Transcription termination and anti-termination in E. coli

Genes to Cells

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 755-768

  Nudler, Evgeny ^a   Gottesman, Max E ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; GENETICS; REGULATOR GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036668461     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2002.00563.x     Document Type: Review

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