Transcriptional organization of the Pseudomonas putida tol-oprL genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 184-195

  Llamas, María A ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a   Rodríguez Herva, José J ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN OPRL; PROTEIN TOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTENSION GENE; FUSION GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IRON; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GOSSWEILERODENDRON BALSAMIFERUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0037214420     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.184-195.2003     Document Type: Article

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