YbtA, an AraC-type regulator of the Yersinia pestis pesticin/yersiniabactin receptor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Bearden, Scott W ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0029806389     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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