The first gene of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon, ctsR, encodes a negative regulator of its own operon and other class III heat shock genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6681-6688

  Krüger, Elke ^a   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT STRESS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032431906     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6681-6688.1998     Document Type: Article

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