Integration host factor is a transcriptional cofactor of pilE in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 649-656

  Hill, Stuart A ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^a,b   Carlson, John H ^a   Wilson, Jeanne ^a   Hogan, Dan ^a   Lubke, Lori ^a   Belland, Robert J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031037821     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2321612.x     Document Type: Article

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