DNA-binding studies on the Bacillus subtilis transcriptional regulator and AbrB homologue, SpoVT

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 247-256

  Dong, Tran Cat ^a   Cutting, Simon M ^a   Lewis, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AbrB; Bacillus subtilis; Sporulation; SpoVT; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN ABRB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPOVT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 1842478124     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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