The arcABDC gene cluster, encoding the arginine deiminase pathway of Bacillus licheniformis, and its activation by the arginine repressor ArgR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 6468-6475

  Maghnouj, Abdelouahid ^a   De Sousa Cabral, Tiago Franco ^a,c   Stalon, Victor ^a,b   Vander Wauven, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Institut de Recherches Microbiologiques J M Wiame   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DEIMINASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARCA; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032440064     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.24.6468-6475.1998     Document Type: Article

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