Expression of kinA and kinB of bacillus subtilis, necessary for sporulation initiation, is under positive stringent transcription control

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1656-1665

  Tojo, Shigeo ^a   Hirooka, Kazutake ^a   Fujita, Yasutaro ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANYLATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE; GENE FUSION; IN VIVO STUDY; KINA GENE; KINB GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84876078712     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02131-12     Document Type: Article

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