Effects on Bacillus subtilis of conditional expression of the accBC operon encoding subunits of acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase, the first enzyme of fatty acid synthesis

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-903

  Perez, Carlos A ^a   Marini, Patricia ^a   De Mendoza, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA carboxylase; Bacillus subtilis; Cell cycle; Fatty acid synthesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031967696     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-895     Document Type: Article

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