The catabolite control protein CcpA controls ammonium assimilation in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 141-148

  Faires, Niki ^a   Tobisch, Steffen ^b   Bachem, Steffi ^a   Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^c   Hecker, Michael ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE A; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0033170575     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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