Complex regulation of the Bacillus subtilis aconitase gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1672-1680

  Kim, Hyun Jin ^a   Kim, Sam In ^a   Ratnayake Lecamwasam, Manoja ^a,c   Tachikawa, Kiyoshi ^a,d   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a   Strauch, Mark ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN CCPC; PROTEIN CODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CITRATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037369868     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.5.1672-1680.2003     Document Type: Article

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