Global transcriptional control by NsrR in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1679-1688

  Kommineni, Sushma ^a   Lama, Amrita ^a,b   Popescu, Benjamin ^a   Nakano, Michiko M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NSRR PROTEIN; PYRUVIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860318059     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06486-11     Document Type: Article

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