Structure and regulation of the gab gene cluster, involved in the γ-aminobutyric acid shunt, are controlled by a σ54 factor in Bacillus thuringiensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 346-355

  Zhu, Li ^a   Peng, Qi ^b   Song, Fuping ^a   Jiang, Yanan ^a   Sun, Changpo ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Huang, Dafang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GABD GENE; GABT GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54;

BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 73849114178     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01038-09     Document Type: Article

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