Transcriptional control of the Pseudomonas TOL plasmid catabolic operons is achieved through an interplay of host factors and plasmid-encoded regulators.

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Published in Annu Rev Microbiol on January 01, 1997

Authors

J L Ramos1, S Marqués, K N Timmis

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1: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants, Granada, Spain. jlramos@eez.csic.es

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