Identification of upstream activator sequences that regulate induction of the beta-galactosidase gene in Kluyveromyces lactis.

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Published in Mol Cell Biol on December 01, 1987

Authors

J M Leonardo1, S M Bhairi, R C Dickson

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1: Department of Biochemistry, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington 40536-0084.

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