Bioinformatics resources for the study of gene regulation in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-31

  Collado Vides, Julio ^a   Salgado, Heladia ^a   Morett, Enrique ^b   Gama Castro, Socorro ^a   Jiménez Jacinto, Verónica ^a   Martínez Flores, Irma ^a   Medina Rivera, Alejandra ^a   Muñiz Rascado, Luis ^a   Peralta Gil, Martín ^a   Santos Zavaleta, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; GENE CONTROL; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; ELECTRONICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTRONICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLISHING;

EID: 58149495994     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01017-08     Document Type: Short Survey

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