SpoIIAA governs the release of the cell-type specific transcription factor σ(F) from its anti-sigma factor SpoIIAB

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-164

  Duncan, Leonard ^a   Alper, Scott ^a   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene regulation; Kinase; Protein protein interactions; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030581144     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0389     Document Type: Article

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