A compartmentalized regulator of developmental gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4500-4507

  Bagyan, Irina ^a   Hobot, Jan ^b   Cutting, Simon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029750224     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4500-4507.1996     Document Type: Article

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