CodY regulates expression of the Bacillus subtilis extracellular proteases Vpr and Mpr

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1423-1432

  Barbieri, Giulia ^a   Voigt, Birgit ^b   Albrecht, Dirk ^b   Hecker, Michael ^b   Albertini, Alessandra M ^a   Sonenshein, Abraham L ^c   Ferrari, Eugenio ^a,d   Belitsky, Boris R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pronutria   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODY PROTEIN; MPR PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BSASE PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE PROTEINASE; VPR PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; FIRMICUTES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84926041533     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02588-14     Document Type: Article

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