Phosphorylation-dependent binding of BvgA to the upstream region of the cyaA gene of Bordetella pertussis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 489-496

  Karimova, Gouzel ^a   Bellalou, Jacques ^a   Ullmann, Agnes ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029925166     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5231057.x     Document Type: Article

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