EthR, a repressor of the TetR/CamR family implicated in ethionamide resistance in mycobacteria, octamerizes cooperatively on its operator.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on January 01, 2004

Authors

Jean Engohang-Ndong1, David Baillat, Marc Aumercier, Flore Bellefontaine, Gurdyal S Besra, Camille Locht, Alain R Baulard

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM-U447, Institut de Biologie de Lille - Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Professeur Calmette, BP 245, 59019 Lille Cedex, France.

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