The Bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0A stimulates transcription of the spoIIG operon through modification of RNA polymerase promoter complexes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 436-448

  Bird, Terry H ^b,c   Grimsley, Janet K ^a   Hoch, James A ^a   Spiegelman, George B ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Response regulators; Spo0A; Sporulation; Transcription activation

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TEMPLATE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030009319     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0099     Document Type: Article

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