Sequence specificity for DNA binding by Escherichia coli SoxS and Rob proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 937-945

  Li, Ziyi ^a   Demple, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029951890     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02535.x     Document Type: Article

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