The galE gene encoding the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase of Brevibacterium lactofermentum is coupled transcriptionally to the dmdR gene

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-107

  Oguiza, José A ^a   Marcos, Ana T ^a   Malumbres, Marcos ^a,b   Martín, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corynebacteria; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Diphtheria toxin repressor; Hexose metabolism; sigB; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BREVIBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVIBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; GALE; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STREPTOMYCES LIVIDANS;

EID: 0030600478     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00283-1     Document Type: Article

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