Transcriptional attenuation of the Bacillus subtilis pyr operon by the PyrR regulatory protein and uridine nucleotides in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 7206-7211

  Lu, Yang ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; URACIL; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030447704     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.24.7206-7211.1996     Document Type: Article

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