Opening the iron box: Transcriptional metalloregulation by the fur protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 6223-6229

  Escolar, Lucía ^a   Pérez Martín, Jose ^a   De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344172832     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.20.6223-6229.1999     Document Type: Short Survey

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