2-Chloromuconate and Clcr-mediated activation of the clcABD operon: In vitro transcriptional and DNase I footprint analyses

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3655-3663

  Mcfall, Sally M ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^b   Chakrabarty, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROMUCONIC ACID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATOR GENE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030974367     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3655-3663.1997     Document Type: Article

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