Alternate promoters direct stress-induced transcription of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 713-723

  Krüger, Elke ^a   Msadek, Tarek ^b   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PUROMYCIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030013642     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02511.x     Document Type: Article

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