Identification of σ(B)-dependent genes in Bacillus subtilis using a promoter consensus-directed search and oligonucleotide hybridization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5718-5724

  Petersohn, Anja ^a   Bernhardt, Jörg ^a   Gerth, Ulf ^a   Höper, Dirk ^a   Koburger, Torsten ^a   Völker, Uwe ^b   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; GENE PRODUCT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SIGMA FACTOR; THIOREDOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032884579     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5718-5724.1999     Document Type: Article

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