Lrp is a direct repressor of the dad operon in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7234-7240

  Mathew, Elizabeth ^a   Zhi, Jizu ^a   Freundlich, Martin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYCLIC AMP; LEUCINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030447842     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7234-7240.1996     Document Type: Article

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