Effect of growth conditions on expression of the acid phosphatase (cyx-appA) operon and the appY gene, which encodes a transcriptional activator of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1556-1564

  Brøndsted, Lone ^a   Atlung, Tove ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME D OXIDASE; FORMIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; NITRATE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0029866860     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1556-1564.1996     Document Type: Article

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