The σ(D)-dependent transcription of the ywcG gene from Bacillus subtilis is dependent on an excess of glucose and glutamate

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 889-898

  Moch, Christine ^a   Schrögel, Oliver ^a   Allmansberger, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 70; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NADPH OXIDASE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SIGMA FACTOR; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031594727     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00734.x     Document Type: Article

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