Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis heat shock gene htpG is under positive control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 466-474

  Versteeg, Saskia ^a   Escher, Angelika ^a   Wende, Andy ^a   Wiegert, Thomas ^a   Schumann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN HTPG; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037224322     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.2.466-474.2003     Document Type: Article

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