An A257V mutation in the Bacillus subtilis response regulator Spo0A prevents regulated expression of promoters with low-consensus binding sites

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5489-5498

  Seredick, Steve D ^a   Seredick, Barbara M ^b   Baker, David ^c   Spiegelman, George B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b Life Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SPOOA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 68949150876     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00590-09     Document Type: Article

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