A secondary RNA polymerase sigma factor from Streptococcus pyogenes.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on October 01, 2001

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J A Opdyke1, J R Scott, C P Moran

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

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