Two-component regulatory proteins ResD-ResE are required for transcriptional activation of fnr upon oxygen limitation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3796-3802

  Nakano, Michiko M ^a   Zuber, Peter ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^b   Danchin, Antoine ^b   Hulett, F Marion ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029889199     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3796-3802.1996     Document Type: Article

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