Genetic analysis of the interaction between Vibrio cholerae transcription activator ToxR and toxT promoter DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1080-1087

  Higgins, Darren E ^a,b   Dirita, Victor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOGENESIS; DNA BINDING; GENE FUSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0030029878     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.4.1080-1087.1996     Document Type: Article

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