Mutations in catabolite control protein CcpA separating growth effects from catabolite repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 4125-4128

  Küster, Elke ^a   Hilbich, Tanja ^a   Dahl, Michael K ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 0344436040     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.13.4125-4128.1999     Document Type: Article

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