Role of branched-chain amino acid transport in Bacillus subtilis CodY activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1330-1338

  Belitsky, Boris R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NITROGEN; VALINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84925989963     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02563-14     Document Type: Article

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