Characterization of LrpC DNA-binding properties and regulation of Bacillus subtilis lrpC gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4414-4424

  Beloin, Christophe ^a,c   Exley, Rachel ^a   Mahé, Anne Laure ^a   Zouine, Mohamed ^a   Cubasch, Stephanie ^b   Le Hégarat, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETTA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033894927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4414-4424.2000     Document Type: Article

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