The yeast two-hybrid system detects interactions between Bacillus subtilis σ(B) regulators

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 7020-7023

  Voelker, Uwe ^a   Voelker, Andrea ^a   Haldenwang, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE ACTIVATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; YEAST;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029826745     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.7020-7023.1996     Document Type: Article

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