trans-Acting factors affecting carbon catabolite repression of the hut operon in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2883-2888

  Zalieckas, Jill M ^a   Wray Jr , Lewis V ^a   Fisher, Susan H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HISTIDINE; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; LURIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032947998     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2883-2888.1999     Document Type: Article

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