A Bacillus subtilis gene of previously unknown function, yhaG, is translationally regulated by tryptophan-activated TRAP and appears to be involved in tryptophan transport

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2329-2331

  Sarsero, Joseph P ^a   Merino, Enrique ^b   Yanofsky, Charles ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; ANTHRANILATE SYNTHASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034115502     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.8.2329-2331.2000     Document Type: Article

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