Global control of cysteine metabolism by CymR in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2184-2197

  Even, Sergine ^a,c   Burguière, Pierre ^a   Auger, Sandrine ^a,c   Soutourina, Olga ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^a   Martin Verstraete, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Unité Génétique des Génomes Bactériens   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; SERINE DERIVATIVE; SULFATE; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMR GENE; CYSK GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SSUB GENE; STRESS; TCYP GENE; YDBM GENE; YRRT GENE; YRZC GENE; YTLI GENE; YXEK GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SULFATES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644864296     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.6.2184-2197.2006     Document Type: Article

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