TheBacillus subtilistransition state regulator AbrB binds to the −35 promoter region ofcomK
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- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 218 (2) , 299-304
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2003.tb11532.x
Abstract
Genetic competence is a differentiation process initiated by Bacillus subtilis as a result of nutritional deprivation, and is controlled by a complexKeywords
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