The trp RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP) regulates the steady-state levels of transcripts of the Bacillus subtilis folate operon

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 979-989

  De Saizieu, Antoine ^a   Vankan, Pierre ^a   Vockler, Cassandra ^a   Van Loon, Adolphus P G M ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Folate operon; Regulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030980655     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-3-979     Document Type: Article

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