One perturbation of the mother cell gene regulatory network suppresses the effects of another during sporulation of Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 8467-8473

  Wang, Lijuan ^a   Perpich, John ^b   Driks, Adam ^c   Kroos, Lee ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN GERE; PROTEIN SIGMA E; PROTEIN SIGMA K; PROTEIN SPOIIID; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BINDING SITE; BIOENGINEERING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTC GENE; COTD GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 36749062913     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01285-07     Document Type: Article

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