Stabilization of the primary sigma factor of Staphylococcus aureus by core RNA polymerase
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Mondal, Rajkrishna
(Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute)
Ganguly, Tridib (School of Life Sciences, IISER) Chanda, Palas K. (Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute) Bandhu, Amitava (Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute) Jana, Biswanath (Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute) Sau, Keya (School of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, Haldia Institute of Technology) Lee, Chia-Y. (Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) Sau, Subrata (Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute) |
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