Regulation of glycerol metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Characterization of the glpR repressor gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5215-5221

  Schweizer, Herbert P ^a   Po, Cecilia ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0029787695     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5215-5221.1996     Document Type: Article

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