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Structural insights into glutathione-mediated activation of the master regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes

  • Yong Wang 1 ,
  • Han Feng 1 ,
  • Yalan Zhu 1,2 ,
  • Pu Gao , 1
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  • 1. Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Published date: 19 May 2017

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Yong Wang , Han Feng , Yalan Zhu , Pu Gao . Structural insights into glutathione-mediated activation of the master regulator PrfA in Listeria monocytogenes[J]. Protein & Cell, 2017 , 8(4) : 308 -312 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0390-x

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