New insights into regulation of the tryptophan biosynthetic operon in Gram-positive bacteria

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 432-436

  Gutierrez Preciado, A ^a   Jensen, R A ^b   Yanofsky, C ^c   Merino, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 22144489471     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2005.06.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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