Characterization of cis-acting mutations in the first attenuator region of the Bacillus subtilis pyr operon that are defective in pyrimidine-mediated regulation of expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2351-2355

  Ghim, Sa Youl ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029919951     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2351-2355.1996     Document Type: Article

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