Regulation of Bacillus subtilis σH (Spo0H) and AbrB in response to changes in external pH

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6778-6787

  Cosby, W Mark ^a   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; MOPS;

EID: 0030700789     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6778-6787.1997     Document Type: Article

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