Involvement of nitrogen regulation in Bacillus subtilis degU expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 5162-5171

  Yasumura, Ayako ^a   Abe, Sadanobu ^a   Tanaka, Teruo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NITROGEN; PROTEIN DEGU; PROTEIN P2; PROTEIN P3;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEGS GENE; DEGU GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GLNA GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TNRA GENE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 48149084612     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00368-08     Document Type: Article

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