The cytoplasmic kinase domain of PhoR is sufficient for the low phosphate-inducible expression of Pho regulon genes in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 211-222

  Shi, Lei ^a   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON;

EID: 0032920056     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01163.x     Document Type: Article

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