Bacillus subtilis RghR (YvaN) represses rapG and rapH, which encode inhibitors of expression of the srfA operon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1714-1729

  Hayashi, Kentaro ^a   Kensuke, Tsukahara ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Ogura, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN SRFA; PROTEIN YVAN; RAP PROTEIN; RAPG PROTEIN; RAPH PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUSION GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 33645470040     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05059.x     Document Type: Article

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