Regulatory proteins and cis-acting elements involved in the transcriptional control of Rhizobium etli reiterated nifH genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3119-3126

  Valderrama, Brenda ^a   Dávalos, Araceli ^a   Girard, Lourdes ^a   Morett, Enrique ^b   Mora, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; GENE SEQUENCE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030006788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3119-3126.1996     Document Type: Article

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