Transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis menp1 promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 705-713

  Qin, Xuan ^a   Taber, Harry W ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MENAQUINONE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030051563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.3.705-713.1996     Document Type: Article

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