Functional analysis of the active partition region of the Coxiella burnetii plasmid QpH1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1947-1952

  Linz, Zhicheng ^a,b   Mallavia, Louis P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 0345435124     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1947-1952.1999     Document Type: Article

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