Arginine boxes and the argR gene in Streptomyces clavuligerus: Evidence for a clear regulation of the arginine pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Rodríguez García, Antonio ^a   Ludovice, Madalena ^a,c   Martín, Juan F ^a,b   Liras, Paloma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Institute of Biotechnology INBIOTEC Parque Científico de León   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE LOCATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CLAVULIGERUS;

EID: 0030855121     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4511815.x     Document Type: Article

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