Regulation of the response regulator gene degU through the 1 binding of SinR / SlrR and exclusion of SinR / SlrR by DegU in
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Regulation of the response regulator gene degU through the 1 binding of SinR/SlrR and exclusion of SinR/SlrR by DegU in 2 Bacillus subtilis 3 4 Mitsuo Ogura*, Hirofumi Yoshikawa and Taku Chibazakura 5 6 7 1 Institute of Oceanic Research and Development, Tokai University, 3-20-1 8 Orido-Shimizu, Shizuoka 424-8610, Japan 9 2 Department of Bioscience, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, 10 Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan. 11 12 13 14 *Corresponding author. Tel: +(81) 543-34-0411 (ext. 2934); Fax: +(81)543-34-9764; 15 E-mail: [email protected] 16 17 18 Running title: Regulation of degU by SinR/SlrR 19 20
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