The pst operon of Bacillus subtilis has a phosphate-regulated promoter and is involved in phosphate transport but not in regulation of the Pho regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2534-2539

  Qi, Ying ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuo ^b   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030895003     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.8.2534-2539.1997     Document Type: Article

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