HoxA is a transcriptional regulator for expression of the hup structural genes in free-living Bradyrhirobium japonicum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 967-977

  Van Soom, C ^a   De Wilde, P ^a   Vanderleyden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BRADYRHIZOBIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0031017404     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2781648.x     Document Type: Article

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