A general profile for the MerR family of transcriptional regulators constructed using the semi-automated Provalidator tool

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 518-523

  Molina Henares, Antonio J ^a   Godoy, Patricia ^a   Duque, Estrella ^a   Ramos, Juan L ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 78349259225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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