Chromatin architecture and gene expression in Escherichia coli

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Willenbrock, Hanni ^a   Ussery, David W ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) B; THYMINE;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CHROMATIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 19944428078     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-12-252     Document Type: Short Survey

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