Contributions of multiple binding sites and effector-independent binding to cody-mediated regulation in bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 473-484

  Belitsky, Boris R ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; PROTEIN CODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BCAP GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 78650904663     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01151-10     Document Type: Article

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