A region in the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor Spo0A that is important for spoIIG promoter activation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3578-3583

  Buckner, Cindy M ^a   Schyns, Ghislain ^a   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032448325     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.14.3578-3583.1998     Document Type: Article

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