Negative regulation of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: Characterization of the araR (araC) gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1598-1608

  Sá Nogueira, Isabel ^a   Mota, Luís Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ARA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031039351     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1598-1608.1997     Document Type: Article

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