Regulation of Bacillus subtilis bacillithiol biosynthesis operons by Spx

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 10, 2013, Pages 2025-2035

  Gaballa, Ahmed ^a   Antelmann, Haike ^b   Hamilton, Chris J ^c   Helmann, John D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMIDE; DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE REDUCTASE; METHYLGLYOXAL; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; THIOL; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE FUNCTION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSAMINE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84884750480     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.070482-0     Document Type: Article

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