A CUC triplet confers leucine-dependent regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2150-2153

  Marta, Peter T ^a   Ladner, Robert D ^a   Grandoni, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE PAIRING; CODON; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0029925588     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2150-2153.1996     Document Type: Article

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