Article
comK acts as an autoregulatory control switch in the signal transduction route to competence in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1994
van Sinderen D, Venema G
Abstract excerpt
The comK gene is a regulatory transcription unit which is essential for the development of genetic competence in Bacillus subtilis. The transcription of comK is under strict nutritional and growth phase-dependent control and has been shown to depend on the gene products of comA and srfA. In this...
Topics
- Bacillus subtilis
- Bacterial Proteins
- Culture Media
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Regulator
- Homeostasis
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins
- Signal Transduction
- Transcription Factors
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transformation, Bacterial