Antiterminator protein GlpP of Bacillus subtilis binds to glpD leader mRNA

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 449-456

  Glatz, Elisabeth ^a   Persson, Martin ^a   Rutberg, Blanka ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antitermination; Bacillus subtilis; GlpP; Glycerol 3 phosphate dehydrogenase; mRNA binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031886850     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-449     Document Type: Article

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