Purification and characterization of an arginine regulatory protein, ArgR, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its interactions with the control regions for the car, argF, and aru operons

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5309-5317

  Park, Seung Moon ^a   Lu, Chung Dar ^a   Abdelal, Ahmed T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030924133     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5309-5317.1997     Document Type: Article

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