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A new regulatory DNA motif of the gamma subclass Proteobacteria: identification of the LexA protein binding site of the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2002
Campoy Susana, Mazón Gerard, Fernández de Henestrosa Antonio R, Llagostera Montserrat, Monteiro Patricia Brant, Barbé Jordi
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli LexA protein is the repressor of a gene network whose members are directly involved in the repair of damaged DNA and in the survival of bacterial cells until DNA lesions have been eliminated. The lexA gene is widely present in bacteria, although the sequences of only three LexA-binding sites are known: Gram-positive, alpha Proteobacteria and some members of gamma Proteobacteria represented by E....
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