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. 1984 May;158(2):746–748. doi: 10.1128/jb.158.2.746-748.1984

Degradation of aspartate transcarbamylase in Bacillus subtilis is deficient in rel mutants but is not mediated by guanosine polyphosphates.

R W Bond, R L Switzer
PMCID: PMC215496  PMID: 6427186

Abstract

Degradation of aspartate transcarbamylase in growing and starved Bacillus subtilis was deficient in relA and relC mutants, but these effects were not correlated with differences in the intracellular level of guanosine polyphosphates.

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