Mutations affecting transcription pausing in the Bacillus subtilis pyr operon

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-107

  Zhang, Hesheng ^b   Jørgensen, Casper Møller ^a   Switzer, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Bacillus subtilis; Mutations; Pyrimidine biosynthesis; Transcription pausing

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PYRIMIDINES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 27144456463     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0020-5     Document Type: Article

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