CodY-mediated regulation of guanosine uptake in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6276-6287

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

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GUANOSINE; PROTEIN NOPQ; PROTEIN NUPN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 80655143420     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05899-11     Document Type: Article

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