LicT, a Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator protein of the BglG family

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1971-1979

  Schnetz, Karin ^a   Stülke, Jörg ^b,c   Gertz, Silke ^b   Krüger, Steffen ^b   Krieg, Marion ^a,d   Hecker, Michael ^b   Rak, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIXIS;

EID: 0029971285     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.1971-1979.1996     Document Type: Article

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