The 492-bp RM07 DNA fragment from the halophilic Archaea confers promoter activity in all three domains of life

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 388-394

  Yang, Yang ^a   Huang, Yu Ping ^a   Shen, Ping ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PROBE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM HALOBIUM; HALOBACTERIUM SALINARUM; HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141557642     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-003-4034-4     Document Type: Article

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