Determinants of repressor/operator recognition from the structure of the trp operator binding site
β Scribed by Shakked, Z.; Guzikevich-Guerstein, G.; Frolow, F.; Rabinovich, D.; Joachimiak, A.; Sigler, P. B.
- Book ID
- 109788146
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 886 KB
- Volume
- 368
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/368469a0
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