A tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate regulating transcription of a chloroaromatic biodegradative pathway: Fumarate-mediated repression of the clcABD operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6729-6735

  McFall, Sally M ^a   Abraham, Binu ^a   Narsolis, Cristina G ^a   Chakrabarty, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMIDE; FUMARIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIODEGRADATION; CATABOLISM; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; EVOLUTION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FELIS CATUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030700662     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6729-6735.1997     Document Type: Article

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