Direct methods for studying transcription regulatory proteins and RNA polymerase in bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Grainger, David C ^a   Lee, David J ^b   Busby, Stephen JW ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 70349970639     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2009.08.006     Document Type: Review

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