Transcriptional control of Bacillus subtilis hemN and hemZ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5922-5929

  Homuth, Georg ^a   Rompf, Alexandra ^b   Schumann, Wolfgang ^a   Jahn, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATALASE; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN; HEME; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; OXYGEN; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032844453     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5922-5929.1999     Document Type: Article

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