Negative transcriptional regulation of the ilv-leu operon for biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids through the Bacillus subtilis global regulator TnrA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 7971-7979

  Tojo, Shigeo ^a   Satomura, Takenori ^a   Morisaki, Kaori ^a   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Hirooka, Kazutake ^a   Fujita, Yasutaro ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TNRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; DNA MICROARRAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 9244261920     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.7971-7979.2004     Document Type: Article

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