An intergenic stem-loop mutation in the Bacillus subtilis ccpA-motPS operon increases motPS transcription and the MotPS contribution to motility

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2701-2705

  Terahara, Naoya ^a   Fujisawa, Makoto ^a   Powers, Benjamin ^b   Henkin, Tina M ^c   Krulwich, Terry A ^b   Ito, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CCPA GENE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTPS GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STATOR;

EID: 33645235843     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.7.2701-2705.2006     Document Type: Article

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