Interaction of CodY, a novel Bacillus subtilis DNA-binding protein, with the dpp promoter region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 843-852

  Serror, Pascale ^a,b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0029999864     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02522.x     Document Type: Article

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