Essential internal promoter in the spoIIIA locus of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7181-7189

  Guillot, Chris ^a   Moran Jr , Charles P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SPOIIIAA; PROTEIN SPOIIIAG; PROTEIN SPOIIIAH; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACZ GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SPOIIIA GENE; SPOIIIAF GENE; SPOIIIAG GENE; SPOIIIAH GENE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POINT MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 35048883123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00915-07     Document Type: Article

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