Identification of a new σ(B)-controlled gene, csbX, in Bacillus subtilis

Gene

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-33

  Gomez, Manuel ^a,c   Cutting, Simon M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

(B) regulon; Promoter; Sporulation; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGB PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; STRESS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0030615244     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00770-6     Document Type: Article

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