Regulation of adhE (encoding ethanol oxidoreductase) by the fis protein in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7390-7393

  Membrillo Hernández, Jorge ^a   Kwon, Ohsuk ^a   De Wulf, Peter ^a   Finkel, Steven E ^a   Lin, E C C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0039097387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7390-7393.1999     Document Type: Article

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