Regulation of the Escherichia coli rrnB P2 promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-34

  Murray, Heath D ^a   Appleman, J Alex ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RRNA OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037215597     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.1.28-34.2003     Document Type: Article

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