Spore photoproduct lyase operon (splAB) regulation during Bacillus subtilis sporulation: Modulation of splB-lacZ fusion expression by P1 promoter mutations and by an in-frame deletion of splA

Current Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 133-137

  Pedraza Reyes, Mario ^a   Gutiérrez Corona, Felix ^a   Nicholson, Wayne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 1842299883     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900157     Document Type: Article

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