Regulated expression of the Escherichia coli dam gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 5012-5014

  Calmann, Melissa A ^a   Marinus, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; DAM METHYLTRANSFERASE; ENDOPEPTIDASE LA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN ARABAD; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PMQ430; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABINOSE; ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEASE LA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041529712     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.5012-5014.2003     Document Type: Article

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