Some repressors of bacterial transcription

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Müller Hill, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CYTR PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GALACTOSE REPRESSOR PROTEINS; LACI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032034820     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80004-0     Document Type: Article

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