YrxA is the transcriptional regulator that represses de novo NAD biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7155-7160

  Rossolillo, Paola ^a,b   Marinoni, Ilaria ^a   Galli, Elisa ^a   Colosimo, Anna ^a   Albertini, Alessandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; PROTEIN YRXA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NADBCA GENE; NIFS YRXA GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NAD; NIACIN; OPERON; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 26444568675     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.20.7155-7160.2005     Document Type: Article

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