Isolation and characterization of the nikR gene encoding a nickel-responsive regulator in Escherichia coli.

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Published in J Bacteriol on January 01, 1999

Authors

K De Pina1, V Desjardin, M A Mandrand-Berthelot, G Giordano, L F Wu

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1: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Microorganismes et des Interactions Cellulaires, CNRS UMR5577, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, 69621 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

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