Mechanism of Transcription Activation at the comG Promoter by the Competence Transcription Factor ComK of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1120-1128

  Susanna, K A ^a   Van Der Werff, A F ^a,d   Den Hengst, C D ^a   Calles, B ^b   Salas, M ^b   Venema, G ^a   Hamoen, L W ^a,c   Kuipers, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNILEVER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COMG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COMK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; ENZYME BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1142286474     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.4.1120-1128.2004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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