Characterization of the detachable Rho-dependent transcription terminator of the fimE gene in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8256-8266

  Hinde, Paul ^a   Deighan, Padraig ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; FIME GENE; FIMS BOXA ELEMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERTIBLE DNA ELEMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BASE COMPOSITION; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 28844457941     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.24.8256-8266.2005     Document Type: Article

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