The BceRS two-component regulatory system induces expression of the bacitracin transporter, BceAB, in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1135-1144

  Ohki, Reiko ^a   Giyanto, ^b   Tateno, Kozue ^a   Masuyama, Waka ^b   Moriya, Shigeki ^b   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; PROTEIN BCEAB; PROTEIN BCES; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041528524     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03653.x     Document Type: Article

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