Competence in Bacillus subtilis is controlled by regulated proteolysis of a transcription factor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 6730-6738

  Turgay, Kürşad ^a   Hahn, Jeanette ^a   Burghoorn, Jan ^a,b   Dubnau, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ClpC; ClpP; ComK; Competence; MecA; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032538886     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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