Mutations in rpoBC suppress the defects of a Sinorhizobium meliloti relA mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5602-5610

  Wells, Derek H ^a   Long, Sharon R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; SUCCINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELA GENE; RPOBC GENE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUPPRESSOR GENE; SYMBIOSIS;

CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SINORHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0041335343     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5602-5610.2003     Document Type: Article

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