Regulation of tryptophan biosynthesis: Trp-ing the TRAP or how Bacillus subtilis reinvented the wheel

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Babitzke, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0030821725     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.5541915.x     Document Type: Review

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