Mode of action of AraR, the key regulator of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 476-489

  Mota, Luís Jaime ^a   Tavares, Paulo ^b,d   Sá Noguelra, Isabel ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032810168     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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