Comparison of PhoP binding to the tuaA promoter with PhoP binding to other Pho-regulon promoters establishes a Bacillus subtilis Pho core binding site

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1443-1450

  Liu, Wei ^a   Marion Hulett, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis Pho core binding; DNA binding; Pho regulon; Response regulator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2642705037     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-5-1443     Document Type: Article

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