Multipartite regulation of rctB, the replication initiator gene of Vibrio cholerae chromosome II

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 7167-7175

  Pal, Debasish ^a,c   Venkova Canova, Tatiana ^a   Srivastava, Preeti ^a   Chattoraj, Dhruba K ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Uluberia College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RCTA ENE; RCTB GENE; RCTBP GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

5' FLANKING REGION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; ORIGIN RECOGNITION COMPLEX; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ANTISENSE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 27144494570     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.21.7167-7175.2005     Document Type: Article

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