Bacillus subtilis phosphorylated PhoP: Direct activation of the EσA- and repression of the EσE-responsive phoB-PS+V promoters during Pho response

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5166-5178

  Abdel Fattah, Wael R ^a   Chen, Yinghua ^a,b   Eldakak, Amr ^a   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; PHOP PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOB GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (CARBOXYL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRIXIS;

EID: 22544437837     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5166-5178.2005     Document Type: Article

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