Fis, an accessorial factor for transcriptional activation of the mar (multiple antibiotic resistance) promoter of Escherichia coli in the presence of the activator MarA, SoxS, or Rob

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7410-7419

  Martin, Robert G ^a,b   Rosner, Judah L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030664684     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7410-7419.1997     Document Type: Article

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