The spa-box for transcriptional activation of subtilin biosynthesis and immunity in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1627-1636

  Stein, Torsten ^a   Heinzmann, Stefan ^a   Kiesau, Peter ^a   Himmel, Bettina ^a   Entian, Karl Dieter ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SPAB; PROTEIN SPAR; PROTEIN SPAS; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUBTILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BINDING SITES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPTICS; PEPTIDES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037346495     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03374.x     Document Type: Article

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