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Prokaryotic enhancer-binding proteins reflect eukaryote-like modularity: the puzzle of nitrogen regulatory protein C.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 175 ·No. 14 ·1993-07-00 ·Pages 4267-73

North AK, Klose KE, Stedman KM, Kustu S

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MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Bacterial Proteins Biological Evolution DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics,metabolism Escherichia coli/genetics,metabolism Eubacterium/genetics,metabolism Eukaryotic Cells/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial Gram-Negative Bacteria/genetics,metabolism Molecular Sequence Data PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins Prokaryotic Cells/metabolism Promoter Regions, Genetic Protein Structure, Secondary Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Trans-Activators Transcription Factors/genetics,metabolism Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins DNA-Binding Proteins PII Nitrogen Regulatory Proteins Trans-Activators Transcription Factors
Authors & Affiliations
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North A K
Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
Klose K E
Stedman K M
Kustu S
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.175.14.4267-4273.1993
Published
1993-07-00
Pages
4267-73
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC204865
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · GM38361 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.14.4267-4273.1993 PMC Full Text View journal details
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