Differences in the mechanism of the allosteric l-rhamnose responses of the AraC/XylS family transcription activators RhaS and RhaR.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on April 01, 2008

Authors

Ana Kolin1, Vinitha Balasubramaniam, Jeff M Skredenske, Jason R Wickstrum, Susan M Egan

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.

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