Characterization of an Irp-like (IrpC) gene from bacillus subtilis

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Beloin, C ^a   Ayora, S ^b   Exley, R ^a   Hirschbein, L ^a   Ogasawara, N ^c   Kasahara, Y ^c   Alonso, J C ^b   Le Hegarat F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; asnC; Growth phase transition; Regulation of transcription; Sporulation

Indexed keywords

ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; VALINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; LRP PROTEIN, E COLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPOROGENESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEAT; LAC OPERON; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030613537     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050546     Document Type: Article

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