Transcriptional Regulation of Genes Encoding Arabinan-Degrading Enzymes in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1287-1296

  Raposo, Maria Paiva ^a,c   Inácio, José Manuel ^a   Mota, Luís Jaime ^a,d   De Sá Nogueira, Isabel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE; ARABINASE; ARABINOSE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATABOLISM; CISTRON; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABINOSE; ARAC TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 10744227664     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.5.1287-1296.2004     Document Type: Article

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