Contributions of XyIR, CcpA and cre to diauxic growth of Bacillus megaterium and to xylose isomerase expression in the presence of glucose and xylose

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-266

  Schmiedel, Dagmar ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon catabolite repression; lacZ fusions; Sugar utilization; xyl regulation

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

GLUCOSE; XYLOSE; XYLOSE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALDOSE-KETOSE ISOMERASES; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XYLOSE;

EID: 0029981992     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02174383     Document Type: Article

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