Transcriptional activation by FNR and CRP: reciprocity of binding-site recognition

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 835-845

  Sawers, Gary ^a,b   Kaiser, Manuela ^b   Sirko, Agnieszka ^c,d   Freundlich, Martin ^c  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031031830     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2811637.x     Document Type: Article

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