A bacterial ATP-dependent, enhancer binding protein that activates the housekeeping RNA polymerase.

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Published in Genes Dev on June 15, 1998

Authors

W C Bowman1, R G Kranz

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1: Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA.

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