Cyclic AMP-independent catabolite repression in bacteria

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 138, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon control; Catabolite control protein (CcpA); Catabolite repression; Catabolite repressor activator (Cra); Enteric bacteria; Fructose repressor (FruR); Gram positive bacteria; Phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CYCLIC AMP; FRUCTOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOPLASM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0029931615     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08141.x     Document Type: Review

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