CtrA, a global response regulator, uses a distinct second category of weak DNA binding sites for cell cycle transcription control in Caulobacter crescentus.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 19, 2009

Authors

William Spencer1, Rania Siam, Marie-Claude Ouimet, D Patrick Bastedo, Gregory T Marczynski

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.

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