Independent regulation of two genes in Escherichia coli by tetracyclines and Tet repressor variants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4399-4401

  Kamionka, Annette ^a   Sehnal, Miriam ^a   Scholz, Oliver ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 DEDIMETHYLAMINOANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; ANHYDROTETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; TETRACYCLINE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042565574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4399-4401.2004     Document Type: Article

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