Lac repressor-operator complex

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 76-85

  Kercher, Michele A ^a   Lu, Ponzy ^a   Lewis, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENE CONTROL; LACTOSE OPERON; LIGAND BINDING; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031048509     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80010-3     Document Type: Article

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