Evidence that the Bacillus subtilis pyrimidine regulatory protein PyrR acts by binding to pyr mRNA at three sites in vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5806-5809

  Lu, Yang ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029846532     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5806-5809.1996     Document Type: Article

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