An lrp-like gene of Bacillus subtilis involved in branched-chain amino acid transport

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5448-5457

  Belitsky, Boris R ^a   Gustafsson, Mattias C U ^b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a   Von Wachenfeldt, Claes ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030885438     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5448-5457.1997     Document Type: Article

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