The bacterial enhancer-dependent sigma(54) (sigma(N)) transcription factor.

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Published in J Bacteriol on August 01, 2000

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M Buck1, M T Gallegos, D J Studholme, Y Guo, J D Gralla

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1: Department of Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom. m.buck@ic.ac.uk

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