Cloning, functional analysis, and transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis araE gene involved in L-arabinose utilization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7705-7711

  Sá Nogueira, Isabel ^a   Ramos, Sandra S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; PERMEASE; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030733946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.24.7705-7711.1997     Document Type: Article

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