dra-nupC-pdp operon of Bacillus subtilis: Nucleotide sequence, induction by deoxyribonucleosides, and transcriptional regulation by the deoR-encoded DeoR repressor protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 424-434

  Saxild, Hans H ^a   Andersen, Lene N ^a,b   Hammer, K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHORYLASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030031938     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.424-434.1996     Document Type: Article

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