Anaerobic regulation of Bacillus subtilis Krebs cycle genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3304-3311

  Nakano, Michiko M ^a   Zuber, Peter ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031781593     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3304-3311.1998     Document Type: Article

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