Role of HU in regulation of gal promoters

Bacterial Chromatin

Volumn 9789048134731, Issue , 2010, Pages 395-417

  Lewis, Dale E A ^a   Lee, Sang Jun ^a   Adhya, Sankar ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti parallel DNA Looping; Atomic Force Microscopy; Gal Operon; GalR; HU

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953674305     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3473-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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