Signal Transduction in the Escherichia coli SOS Response

Handbook of Cell Signaling, Second Edition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 2127-2136

  Foti, James J ^a   Simmons, Lyle A ^a,b   Beuning, Penny J ^c   Walker, Graham C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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