Altered srf expression in Bacillus subtilis resulting from changes culture pH is dependent on the SpoOK oligopeptide permease and the ComQX system of extracellular control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1438-1445

  Cosby, W Mark ^a   Vollenbroich, Dirk ^a   Lee, Oh Hyoung ^a   Zuber, Peter ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; NEOMYCIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE; PHEROMONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; SURFACTIN; SYNTHETASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031915691     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1438-1445.1998     Document Type: Article

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