Mutations in ToxR and ToxS that separate transcriptional activation from DNA binding at the cholera toxin gene promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4724-4733

  Pfau, James D ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031753364     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4724-4733.1998     Document Type: Article

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