Expression of the tre operon of Bacillus subtilis 168 is regulated by the repressor TreR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4576-4581

  Schöck, Frieder ^a   Dahl, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029785421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4576-4581.1996     Document Type: Article

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