Regulation of the Salmonella typhimurium pepT gene by cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) and FNR acting at a hybrid CRP-FNR site

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1909-1917

  Lombardo, Mary Jane ^a,b   Lee, Angela A ^a,c   Knox, Tina M ^a   Miller, Charles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Microcide Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030904024     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1909-1917.1997     Document Type: Article

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