The distribution of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli is dynamic and sensitive to environmental cues

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1493-1505

  Cabrera, Julio E ^a   Jin, Ding J ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE FUSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOID CONDENSATION; NUTRIENT STARVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; RPOC GENE; RPOC GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN GENE; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL NUCLEUS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346887121     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03805.x     Document Type: Article

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