Expression of a pepT homologue from Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 341-348

  Schrögel, Oliver ^a   Krispin, Oliver ^a   Allmansberger, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; pepT; response regulator; sporulation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; OPERON; PLASMIDS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030589656     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00429-6     Document Type: Article

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