Mutations in Bacillus subtilis PyrR, the pyr regulatory protein, with defects in regulation by pyrimidines

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

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

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

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Mutations; Pyrimidine biosynthesis; PyrR; Regulatory protein; Transcriptional attenuation

Indexed keywords

PYRIMIDINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029940501     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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