Expression of the Bacillus subtilis acsA gene: Position and sequence context affect cre-mediated carbon catabolite repression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6649-6654

  Zalieckas, Jill M ^a   Wray Jr , Lewis V ^a   Fisher, Susan H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON; DNA; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL GROWTH; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032431399     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6649-6654.1998     Document Type: Article

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