The Vibrio fischeri luminescence gene activator LuxR is a membrane-associated protein.

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Published in J Bacteriol on November 01, 1993

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D Kolibachuk1, E P Greenberg

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

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