Mutational activation of the RocR activator and of a cryptic rocDEF promoter bypass loss of the initial steps of proline biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 701-717

  Zaprasis, Adrienne ^a   Hoffmann, Tamara ^a   Wünsche, Guido ^a   Flórez, Lope A ^b   Stülke, Jörg ^b   Bremer, Erhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DELTA 1 PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE; DELTA-1-PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE; PROLINE; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; ROCR PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRROLES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84894872160     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12193     Document Type: Article

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