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Elucidating residue roles in engineered variants of AraC regulatory protein
Article first published online: 15 DEC 2009
DOI: 10.1002/pro.310
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Tang, S.-Y. and Cirino, P. C. (2010), Elucidating residue roles in engineered variants of AraC regulatory protein. Protein Science, 19: 291–298. doi: 10.1002/pro.310
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2010
- Article first published online: 15 DEC 2009
- Accepted manuscript online: 15 DEC 2009 12:00AM EST
- Manuscript Accepted: 1 DEC 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 30 NOV 2009
- Manuscript Received: 10 SEP 2009
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- The National Science Foundation. Grant Number: 0644678
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