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Expression of Escherichia coli DcuS-R two-component regulatory system is regulated by the secondary internal promoter

Tomoya Oyamada1, Katsushi Yokoyama, Michiko Morinaga

  • 1Department of Applied Chemistry, National Defense Academy of Japan, Yokosuka, Japan.

Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea)
|July 10, 2007
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