Expression of the Bacillus subtilis xyl operon is repressed at the level of transcription and is induced by xylose.

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Published in J Bacteriol on July 01, 1988

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D Gärtner1, M Geissendörfer, W Hillen

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1: Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany.

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