The ArgR regulatory protein, a helper to the anaerobic regulator ANR during transcriptional activation of the arcD promoter in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2459-2464

  Lu, Chung Dar ^a   Winteler, Harald ^b   Abdelal, Ahmed ^a   Haas, Dieter ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0032906547     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.8.2459-2464.1999     Document Type: Article

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