Two roles for aconitase in the regulation of tricarboxylic acid branch gene expression in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1525-1537

  Pechter, Kieran B ^a,d   Meyer, Frederik M ^b   Serio, Alisa W ^a,e   Stülke, Jörg ^b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Achaogen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; RNA; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA BINDING;

ACONITATE HYDRATASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; CITRIC ACID; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84875549885     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01690-12     Document Type: Article

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