Participation of Rho-dependent transcription termination in oxidative stress sensitivity caused by an rpoB mutation

Genes to Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 477-487

  Kawamura, Nobuyuki ^a   Kurokawa, Kenji ^a   Ito, Takahiro ^a   Hamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Koyama, Hiroshi ^a   Kaito, Chikara ^a   Sekimizu, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOZAMYCIN; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RHO FACTOR; RIFAMPICIN; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RHO FACTOR; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 17844400790     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2005.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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