Autoregulation of the Bacillus subtilis response regulator gene degU is coupled with the proteolysis of DegU-P by ClpCP

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1244-1259

  Ogura, Mitsuo ^a   Tsukahara, Kensuke ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DEPENDENT PROTEINASE; CLPCP PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGU PROTEIN, BACTERIA; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77349100198     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07047.x     Document Type: Article

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