Extracting biological information from DNA arrays: an unexpected link between arginine and methionine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

Genome Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Sekowska, Agnieszka ^a   Robin, Stephane ^b   Daudin, Jean Jacques ^b   Henaut, Alain ^c   Danchin, Antoine ^a,d  

^a HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Arginine Metabolism; Methionine; Methionine Sulfoxide; Sulfur Metabolism; Sulfur Source

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTHIORIBOSE; 5-METHYLTHIORIBOSE; ARGININE; BACTERIAL RNA; CARRIER PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE SULFOXIDE; SULFUR; THIOGLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERON;

ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METHIONINE; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; RNA, BACTERIAL; SULFUR; THIOGLYCOSIDES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17544393481     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-6-research0019     Document Type: Article

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