Catabolite regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ctaBCDEF gene cluster

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6154-6163

  Liu, Xuemin ^a   Taber, Harry W ^a,b,c  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031726032     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6154-6163.1998     Document Type: Article

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