Repression of sigK intervening (skin) element gene expression by the CI-like protein SknR and effect of SknR depletion on growth of Bacillus subtilis cells

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6209-6216

  Kimura, Tatsu ^a   Amaya, Yukie ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^b   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Sato, Tsutomu ^a,c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SKNR; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAA; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN DNAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGK INTERVENING GENE; SKNR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YQAF GENE; YQAH GENE; YQAM GENE; YQAN GENE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 78649392123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00625-10     Document Type: Article

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