Stoichiometry and perturbation studies of the LiaFSR system of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 769-788

  Schrecke, Karen ^a   Jordan, Sina ^a   Mascher, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIAF PROTEIN; LIAR PROTEIN; LIAS PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIAF GENE; LIAR GENE; LIAS GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 84873433178     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12130     Document Type: Article

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