Functional dissection of the molybdate-responsive transcription regulator, ModE, from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4638-4643

  McNicholas, Paul M ^a   Mazzotta, Mandy M ^a   Rech, Sabine A ^a   Gunsalus, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MOLYBDIC ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031722273     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4638-4643.1998     Document Type: Article

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