Translation regulation of integrons gene cassette expression by the attC sites

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1475-1486

  Jacquier, Hervé ^a   Zaoui, Caroline ^b   Sanson Le Pors, Marie Jose ^a   Mazel, Didier ^c   Berçot, Béatrice ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTC GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BLA IMP 8 GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 66949174033     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06736.x     Document Type: Article

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