Autoinduction of Bacillus subtilis phoPR operon transcription results from enhanced transcription from EσA- and EσE- responsive promoters by phosphorylated PhoP

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4262-4275

  Paul, Salbi ^a   Birkey, Stephanie ^a,b   Liu, Wei ^a,c   Hulett, F Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOP PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN PHOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOPR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SIGE;

EID: 3042610175     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4262-4275.2004     Document Type: Article

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