Corepression of the P1 addiction operon by Phd and Doc

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6342-6351

  Magnuson, Roy ^a,b   Yarmolinsky, Michael B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Building 37 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031785682     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.23.6342-6351.1998     Document Type: Article

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