The master transcription factor Spo0A is required for poly(3- hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) accumulation and expression of genes involved in PHB biosynthesis in Bacillus thuringiensis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-81

  Chen, Hui Ju ^a   Tsai, Teng Kuan ^a   Pan, Shih Chuan ^a   Lin, Jer Sheng ^a   Tseng, Chi Ling ^a   Shaw, Gwo Chyuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; PHB; PHB synthase; Spo0A

Indexed keywords

POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 76349121298     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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