Functional analysis of cus operon promoter of Klebsiella pneumoniae using E. coli lacZ assay

Gene

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Zahid, Nageena ^a   Zulfiqar, Soumble ^a   Shakoori, Abdul Rauf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Consensus sequences; Homeostasis; LacZ Pcus fusion; Sigmoidal response curve; Transcriptional fusion

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMEOSTASIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84856491640     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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