LiaRS-dependent gene expression is embedded in transition state regulation in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2530-2540

  Jordan, Sina ^a   Rietkötter, Eva ^a   Strauch, Mark A ^b   Kalamorz, Falk ^a   Butcher, Bronwyn G ^c   Helmann, John D ^c   Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRB REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACITRACIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LIAF REGULATOR PROTEIN; LIAR REGULATOR PROTEIN; LIAS REGULATOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34547881586     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006817-0     Document Type: Article

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