The TRAP-like SplA protein is a trans-acting negative regulator of spore photoproduct lyase synthesis during Bacillus subtilis sporulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 555-560

  Fajardo Cavazos, Patricia ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LYASE; RNA POLYMERASE; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CISTRON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPAIR; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033985980     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.2.555-560.2000     Document Type: Article

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