Transcriptional analysis of bglPH expression in Bacillus subtilis: Evidence for two distinct pathways mediating carbon catabolite repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2637-2644

  Krüger, Steffen ^a   Gertz, Silke ^a   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE INDUCTION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029916568     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2637-2644.1996     Document Type: Article

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