Characterization of marr superrepressor mutants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3303-3306

  Alekshun, Michael N ^a   Levy, Stuart B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MARR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

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

EID: 0032955054     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3303-3306.1999     Document Type: Article

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