A positive control mutant of the transcription activator protein FIS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5182-5187

  Gosink, Khoosheh K ^a   Gaal, Tamas ^a   Bokal IV, Anton J ^a   Gourse, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029813128     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5182-5187.1996     Document Type: Article

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