Genes regulated by the Escherichia coli SOS repressor LexA exhibit heterogenous expression

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Kamenšek, Simona ^a   Podlesek, Zdravko ^a   Gillor, Osnat ^b   Žgur Bertok, Darja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; LEXA PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL POPULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS);

EID: 78149289114     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-283     Document Type: Article

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