The S box regulon: A new global transcription termination control system for methionine and cysteine biosynthesis genes in Gram-positive bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 737-749

  Grundy, Frank J ^a   Henkin, Tina M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CODING; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LAC OPERON; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REGULON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031735563     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01105.x     Document Type: Article

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