Definition of the Bacillus subtilis PurR operator using genetic and bioinformatic tools and expansion of the PurR regulon with glyA, guaC, pbuG, xpt-pbuX, yqhZ-folD, and pbuO

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 6175-6183

  Saxild, Hans ^a   Brunstedt, Katja ^a   Nielsen, Karin ^a   Jarmer, Hanne ^a   Nygaard, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHORIBOSYL PYROPHOSPHATE; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PURINES; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035684981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.21.6175-6183.2001     Document Type: Article

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