Characterization of a novel member of the DegS-DegU regulon affected by salt stress in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1855-1861

  Dartois, Véronique ^a,b   Débarbouillé, Michel ^a   Kunst, Frank ^a   Rapoport, Georges ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Microgenomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031945892     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1855-1861.1998     Document Type: Article

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