DegU and Spo0A jointly control transcription of two loci required for complex colony development by Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-108

  Verhamme, Daniel T ^a   Murray, Ewan J ^a   Stanley Wall, Nicola R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN DEGU; PROTEIN SPOOA; PROTEIN YUAB; PROTEIN YVCA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA; SPO0A PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OPERON; PLASMID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OCTODON DEGUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; OPERON; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 58149483378     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01236-08     Document Type: Article

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