Altering the level and regulation of the major sigma subunit of RNA polymerase affects gene expression and development in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Hicks, Karen A ^a,b   Grossman, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029915608     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02501.x     Document Type: Article

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