Distinct roles of ComK1 and ComK2 in gene regulation in Bacillus cereus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Mirończuk, Aleksandra M ^a   Maňu, Amagoia ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,b   KovácsÁ, Ákos T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMK1 PROTEIN; COMK2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMK PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMK1 GENE; COMK2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 79959796481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021859     Document Type: Article

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