The Pho regulons of bacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 497-511

  Vershinina, O A ^a   Znamenskaya, L V ^a  

^a KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; E. coli; Phosphate regulation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 27644486067     PISSN: 00262617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020547616096     Document Type: Review

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