The Yersinia pestis gcvB gene encodes two small regulatory RNA molecules

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McArthur, Sarah D ^a   Pulvermacher, Sarah C ^a   Stauffer, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN GCVA; PROTEIN GCVR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GCVB GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 33747448094     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-52     Document Type: Article

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