Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Zur regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6508-6514

  Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Ye, Rick W ^a   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN YBIC; PROTEIN YCIA; PROTEIN YCIB; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC UPTAKE REPRESSOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; YCDHI YCEA GENE; YCIA GENE; YCIB GENE; YCIC GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036889461     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6508-6514.2002     Document Type: Article

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