Transcriptional and functional characterization of the gene encoding acyl carrier protein in Bacillus subtilis

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 484-495

  Martinez, Mariano A ^a   de Mendoza, Diego ^a   Schujman, Gustavo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORANGIUM; SPOROGENESIS; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 76449120393     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.033316-0     Document Type: Article

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