Comparison of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and Escherichia coli 16S rRNA gene expression signals

Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2683-2693

  Mastropaolo, Matthew D ^a,b   Thorson, Mary L ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTEROIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, RRNA; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTORHABDUS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69949168816     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.027748-0     Document Type: Article

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