Interaction of Bacillus subtilis CodY with GTP

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 798-806

  Handke, Luke D ^a   Shivers, Robert P ^a,b,c   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CODY PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CODY GENE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 38649129091     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01115-07     Document Type: Article

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