Changes in Escherichia coli rRNA promoter activity correlate with changes in initiating nucleoside triphosphate and guanosine 5′ diphosphate 3′-diphosphate concentrations after induction of feedback control of ribosome synthesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6185-6191

  Schneider, David A ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HOMEOSTASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141925855     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6185-6191.2003     Document Type: Article

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