Hierarchical expression of genes controlled by the Bacillus subtilis global regulatory protein CodY

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 8227-8232

  Brinsmade, Shaun R ^a,g   Alexander, Elizabeth L ^b   Livny, Jonathan ^c   Stettner, Arion I ^d   Segrè, Daniel ^d,e,f   Rhee, Kyu Y ^b   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BCAA; ILV; Metabolite analysis; RNA seq

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON; CODY PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; PROLINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BCAA; ILV; METABOLITE ANALYSIS; RNA-SEQ;

ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; LIGANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSAMINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901820090     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321308111     Document Type: Article

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