Interaction of Bacillus subtilis purine repressor with DNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7394-7402

  Shin, Byung Sik ^a   Stein, Arnold ^b   Zalkin, Howard ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0038207623     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7394-7402.1997     Document Type: Article

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