Direct and indirect regulation of the ycnKJI operon involved in copper uptake through two transcriptional repressors, YcnK and CsoR, in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5675-5687

  Hirooka, Kazutake ^a   Edahiro, Takayosh ^a   Kimura, Kosuke ^a   Fujita, Yasutaro ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COPPER; CSOR PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YCNK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; COPPER; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84868530882     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00919-12     Document Type: Article

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