Definition of a consensus DNA-binding site for the Escherichia coli pleiotropic regulatory protein, FruR

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 257-266

  Nègre, Didier ^a   Bonod Bidaud, Christelle ^a   Geourjon, Christophe ^a   Deléage, Gilbert ^a   Cozzone, Alain J ^a   Cortay, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029762915     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6341350.x     Document Type: Article

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