Multiple in vivo roles for the -12-region elements of sigma 54 promoters

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5626-5631

  Wang, Lei ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031740289     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5626-5631.1998     Document Type: Article

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