Autoregulation of subtilin biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis: The role of the spa-box in subtilin-responsive promoters

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1415-1424

  Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a   Bongers, Roger ^a   Rutten, Ger ^a   Vos, Willem M De ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Peptide pheromone; Quorum sensing; Regulation; Subtilin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NISIN; SUBTILIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIDASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 4544242965     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.11.025     Document Type: Article

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