Identification and transcriptional analysis of new members of the σ(B) regulon in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 869-880

  Petersohn, Anja ^a   Antelmann, Haike ^a   Gerth, Ulf ^a   Hecker, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; New (B) dependent genes

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0032899774     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-4-869     Document Type: Article

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