Identification of high affinity binding sites for LexA which define new DNA damage-inducible genes in Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 507-523

  Lewis, L Kevin ^b   Harlow, Greg R ^b   Gregg Jolly, Leslie A ^b   Mount, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Grinnell College ^*

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; DNA repair; lexA; SOS response; umuDC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027984798     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1528     Document Type: Article

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