Bacillus subtilis transcriptional regulators interaction

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-407

  Sánchez, Alejandro ^a   Olmos, Jorge ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Biotecnología Marina ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Subtilisin gene; Transition state regulators; Two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

APRE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LEXA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HOMO; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 12144290832     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000018259.66762.ed     Document Type: Article

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