Deletion analysis of the fis promoter region in Escherichia coli: Antagonistic effects of integration host factor and Fis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 6367-6377

  Pratt, Timothy S ^a   Steiner, Thomas ^a   Feldman, Leah S ^a   Walker, Kimberly A ^a   Osuna, Robert ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030795165     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.20.6367-6377.1997     Document Type: Article

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