Mechanism of repression by Bacillus subtilis CcpC, a LysR family regulator

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 609-624

  Kim, Sam In ^a,b   Jourlin Castelli, Cécile ^a,c   Wellington, Stephen R ^a,d   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Catabolite repression; CcpC; citB; Citrate

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; CITRIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCPC; PROTEIN LYSR; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0242720660     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.078     Document Type: Article

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