H-NS: A modulator of environmentally regulated gene expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-17

  Atlung, Tove ^a   Ingmer, Hanne ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AUTOREGULATION; DNA BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 0030972952     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3151679.x     Document Type: Review

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