The bacillus subtilis response regulator gene DegU is positively regulated by CcpA and by Catabolite-Repressed Synthesis of ClpC

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-201

  Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Teruo ^a   Ogura, Mitsuo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A; CLPC PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GLUCOSE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; RESPONSE REGULATOR GENE DEGU; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; OCTODON DEGUS;

EID: 84872139500     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01881-12     Document Type: Article

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