SacY, a transcriptional antiterminator from Bacillus subtilis, is regulated by phosphorylation in vivo

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 660-666

  Idelson, Maria ^a   Amster Choder, Orna ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; PERMEASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031912636     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.3.660-666.1998     Document Type: Article

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