Altered transcription activation specificity of a mutant form of Bacillus subtilis GltR, a LysR family member

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1035-1043

  Belitsky, Boris R ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BASE PAIRING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031039345     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1035-1043.1997     Document Type: Article

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