Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis mannitol utilization genes: Promoter structure and transcriptional activation by the wild-type regulator (MtlR) and its mutants

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 91-101

  Heravi, Kambiz Morabbi ^a   Altenbuchner, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MANNITOL; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84891589951     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.071233-0     Document Type: Article

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