The trp RNA-Binding Attenuation Protein of Bacillus subtilis Regulates Translation of the Tryptophan Transport Gene trpP (yhaG) by Blocking Ribosome Binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 278-286

  Yakhnin, Helen ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Yakhnin, Alexander V ^a   Babitzke, Paul ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE; PROTEIN PABA; PROTEIN TRPP; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN RNA BINDING ATTENUATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0347915671     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.2.278-286.2004     Document Type: Article

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