Regulation of the transport system for C4-dicarboxylic acids in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-271

  Asai, Kei ^a   Baik, Sang Hoon ^a   Kasahara, Yasuhiro ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; C4 dicarboxylate; Solute binding protein; Transporter; Two component regulatory system

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MALIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0033968158     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-2-263     Document Type: Article

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