Escherichia coli cells, carrying a rifampicin sensitive RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene in the chromosome and a rifampicin resistant beta-subunit gene placed under the control of a strong promoter in a multicopy plasmid, are unable to grow in the presence of rifampicin, despite the accumulation of
Determinants for Escherichia coli RNA polymerase assembly within the β subunit
✍ Scribed by Yi Wang; Konstantin Severinov; Nick Loizos; David Fenyö; Ewa Heyduk; Tomasz Heyduk; Brian T Chait; Seth A Darst
- Book ID
- 115628025
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 669 KB
- Volume
- 270
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2836
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