Expression of the Bacillus subtilis gabP gene is regulated independently in response to nitrogen and amino acid availability

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 693-701

  Ferson, Amy E ^a   Wray Jr , Lewis V ^a   Fisher, Susan H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029805601     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.d01-1720.x     Document Type: Article

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