Osmoregulation of the opuE proline transport gene from Bacillus subtilis: Contributions of the sigma A- and sigma B-dependent stress- responsive promoters

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 285-296

  Spiegelhalter, Frank ^a   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; DNA; PROLINE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OSMOREGULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPOTROPIC AGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031871413     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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