Mechanism of transcriptional activation of the phosphate regulon in Escherichia coli

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 231-238

  Makino, Kozo ^a   Amemura, Mitsuko ^a,b   Kim, Soo Ki ^a,c   Yokoyama, Katsushi ^a   Kimura, Sigenobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Amemura Res Lab for Agriculture   (Japan)

^c PaiChai University   (South Korea)

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EID: 3042882511     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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