Optimisation of the BgaB reporter system: Determination of transcriptional regulation of stress responsive genes in Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 237-243

  Schrögel, Oliver ^a   Allmansberger, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galactosidase; Bacillus subtilis; Stress response; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME ASSAY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BUFFERS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HEAT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XYLOSIDASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0342275191     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00272-3     Document Type: Article

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