The Bacillus subtilis late competence operon comE is transcriptionally regulated by yutB and under post-transcription initiation control by comN (yrzD)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 949-958

  Ogura, Mitsuo ^a   Tanaka, Teruo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SYNTHETASE; THIOCTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CODING; COME GENE; COMK GENE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YRZD GENE; YUTB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 63449099356     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01429-08     Document Type: Article

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