The role of the CcpA transcriptional regulator in carbon metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-15

  Henkin, Tina M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Bacillus subtilis; Catabolite regulation; Repression; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030057004     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00370-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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