Catabolite regulation of the pta gene as part of carbon flow pathways in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6889-6897

  Presecan Siedel, Elena ^a   Galinier, Anne ^b   Longin, Robert ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^c   Danchin, Antoine ^a   Glaser, Philippe ^a   Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032743239     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.6889-6897.1999     Document Type: Article

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