TOL plasmid transcription factor XylS binds specifically to the Pm operator sequence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 569-579

  Kaldalu, Niilo ^a   Mandel, Tiiu ^a   Ustav, Mart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029880775     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5381060.x     Document Type: Article

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