A transcription terminator in the groEx gene of symbiotic X-bacteria expressed in Escherichia coli

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-42

  Lee, Jung Eun ^a   Choi, Sung Han ^a   Ahn, Tae In ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Heat Shock Gene; Rho Factor; Transcriptional Regulation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA;

AMOEBA PROTEUS; ARTICLE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GROEX GENE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; RNA STABILITY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; WILD TYPE; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

AMOEBA PROTEUS; AMOEBA PROTEUS SYMBIOTIC BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0037186956     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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