Transcription analysis of the Bacillus subtilis PucR regulon and identification of a cis-acting sequence required for PucR-regulated expression of genes involved in purine catabolism

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3232-3241

  Beier, Lars ^a   Nygaard, Per ^a   Jarmer, Hanne ^a   Saxild, Hans H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PURINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURINE METABOLISM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PURINES; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036275506     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.12.3232-3241.2002     Document Type: Article

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