Molecular analysis of the interaction between the Bacillus subtilis trehalose repressor TreR and the tre operator

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Burklen L ^a   Schock F ^a   Dahl, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon catabolite repression; Gene regulation; Phosphotransferase system (PTS); Sugar metabolism; Transcription

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TREHALOSE;

EID: 0031757161     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050869     Document Type: Article

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