Behavior of Transition State Regulator AbrB in Batch Cultures of Bacillus thuringiensis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 725-732

  Lozano Goné, Astrid Magdalena ^a,b   Dinorín Téllez Girón, Jabel ^a   Jiménez Montejo, Fabiola Eloisa ^a   Hidalgo Lara, María Eugenia ^b   López y López, Víctor Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE MEDIUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BATCH CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84930984548     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-014-0650-4     Document Type: Article

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