Regulation of bacillus subtilis aprE expression by glnA through inhibition of scoC and σD-dependent degR expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3050-3058

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

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; APRE PROTEIN, BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE I; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SCGR PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SCOC PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCTODON; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCTODON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 65549139462     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00049-09     Document Type: Article

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