Catabolite-induced repression of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 300-308

  Shafikhani, Sasha H ^a,b   Partovi, Amir Ali ^a   Leighton, Terrance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL GROWTH; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LAC OPERON; MORPHOLINES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0043009673     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-4012-2     Document Type: Article

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