The A. tumefaciens transcriptional activator OccR causes a bend at a target promoter, which is partially relaxed by a plant tumor metabolite.

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Published in Cell on May 15, 1992

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L Wang1, J D Helmann, S C Winans

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1: Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

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