Analysis of Fur binding to operator sequences within the Neisseria gonorrhoeae fbpA promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5020-5023

  Desai, Pragnya J ^a   Angerer, Annemarie ^b   Genco, Caroline Attardo ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0029783958     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5020-5023.1996     Document Type: Article

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