Analysis of nitrate regulatory protein NarL-binding sites in the fdnG and narG operon control regions of Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 621-632

  Darwin, Andrew J ^a   Li, Jing ^a,b   Stewart, Valley ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029990165     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.5491074.x     Document Type: Article

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