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Transcriptional regulation of the waaAE-coaD operon by PhoP and RcsAB in Yersinia pestis biovar Microtus

  • Lei Liu 1 ,
  • Nan Fang 1 ,
  • Yicheng Sun 2 ,
  • Huiying Yang 1 ,
  • Yiquan Zhang 1 ,
  • Yanping Han 1 ,
  • Dongsheng Zhou , 1 ,
  • Ruifu Yang , 1
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing 100071, China
  • 2. Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China

Published date: 30 Dec 2014

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Lei Liu , Nan Fang , Yicheng Sun , Huiying Yang , Yiquan Zhang , Yanping Han , Dongsheng Zhou , Ruifu Yang . Transcriptional regulation of the waaAE-coaD operon by PhoP and RcsAB in Yersinia pestis biovar Microtus[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(12) : 940 -944 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0110-8

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