DNA supercoiling-dependent gene regulation in Chlamydia

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 6419-6427

  Niehus, Eike ^a   Cheng, Eric ^a   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHLAMYDIA; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLAMYDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDIA;

EID: 52649126241     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00431-08     Document Type: Article

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