cis-acting sequences of Bacillus subtilis pyrG mRNA essential for regulation by antitermination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6734-6738

  Meng, Qi ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRG GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036889218     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6734-6738.2002     Document Type: Article

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