Transcriptional analysis of the genetic element pSSVx: Differential and temporal regulation of gene expression reveals correlation between transcription and replication

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6339-6350

  Contursi, Patrizia ^a   Cannio, Raffaele ^b   Prato, Santina ^a   She, Qunxin ^c   Rossi, Mosè ^a,b   Bartolucci, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA REPLICATION; FUSELLOVIRIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

FUSELLOVIRUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

EID: 34548514468     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00638-07     Document Type: Article

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