Untangling the transcription regulatory network of the bacitracin synthase operon in Bacillus licheniformis DW2

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 515-523

  Wang, Dong ^a   Wang, Qin ^b   Qiu, Yimin ^b   Nomura, Christopher T ^b,c   Li, Junhui ^d   Chen, Shouwen ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Lifecome Biochemistry Stock CO Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

AbrB; Bacillus licheniformis; Bacitracin; Spo0A; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; BACITRACIN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ABRB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACITRACIN SYNTHETASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACA GENE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACT GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEFICIENCY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACITRACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85015931760     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2017.02.010     Document Type: Article

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