Analysis of the ferric citrate transport gene promoter of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2387-2391

  Enz, Sabine ^a   Mahren, Susanne ^a   Menzel, Claudia ^a   Braun, Volkmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FERRIC CITRATE; HOLOENZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037377875     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.7.2387-2391.2003     Document Type: Article

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