H-NS and StpA proteins stimulate expression of the maltose regulon in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6117-6125

  Johansson, Jörgen ^a   Dagberg, Björn ^a   Richet, Evelyne ^b   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031757173     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6117-6125.1998     Document Type: Article

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