Regulation of β-galactosidase expression in bacillus megaterium dsm319 by a xyls/arac-type transcriptional activator

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3288-3292

  Strey, Jan ^a   Wittchen, Klaus D ^a   Meinhardt, Friedhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BINDING SITE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032962421     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.10.3288-3292.1999     Document Type: Article

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