Identification and characterization of the caiF gene encoding a potential transcriptional activator of carnitine metabolism in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1248-1257

  Eichler, Knut ^a,c   Buchet, Anne ^a   Lemke, Rainer ^b   Kleber, Hans Peter ^b   Mandrand Berthelot, Marie Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ASSIGNMENT; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029920825     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1248-1257.1996     Document Type: Article

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