Characterisation of the Escherichia coli mfd promoter

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 381-385

  Stanley, Louise K ^a   Savery, Nigel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mfd; Promoter; Transcription initiation; Transcription coupled repair; TRCF

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLASMID DNA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037615001     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-003-0540-9     Document Type: Article

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