Inhibition of Bacillus subtilis scoC expression by multicopy senS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8526-8530

  Kawachi, Eiji ^a   Abe, Sadanobu ^a   Tanaka, Teruo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

APRE GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOC GENE; SENS GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE FUSION; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 28844450630     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.24.8526-8530.2005     Document Type: Article

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