HrpXv, an AraC-type regulator, activates expression of five of the six loci in the hrp cluster of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3462-3469

  Wengelnik, Kai ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XANTHOMONAS;

BURKHOLDERIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA;

EID: 0029980804     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.12.3462-3469.1996     Document Type: Article

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