H-NS and RpoS regulate emergence of Lac Ara+ mutants of Escherichia coli MCS2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 4620-4622

  Gömez Gömez, José M ^a,c   Blázquez, Jesús ^a   Baquero, Fernando ^a   Martínez, José L ^b  

^a Hospital Ramón y Cajal   (France)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; HISTONE; LACTOSE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842299280     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.14.4620-4622.1997     Document Type: Article

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