Catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis gnt operon exerted by two catabolite-responsive elements

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1203-1213

  Miwa, Yasuhiko ^a   Nagura, Kazuya ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Fukuda, Hirokazu ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^b   Fujita, Yasutaro ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0030899835     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2921662.x     Document Type: Article

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