Transcriptional regulation of an Archaeal operon in vivo and in vitro

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 971-982

  Bell, Stephen D ^a,b   Cairns, Stephen S ^c   Robson, Robert L ^c   Jackson, Stephen P ^b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; METAL ION; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; ARTICLE; GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033400812     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80226-9     Document Type: Article

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