CodY is a nutritional repressor of flagellar gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3118-3126

  Bergara, F ^a   Ibarra, C ^a   Iwamasa, J ^a   Patarroyo, J C ^a   Aguilera, R ^b   Marquez Magana L M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODY PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038304267     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3118-3126.2003     Document Type: Article

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