The aldA gene of Escherichia coli is under the control of at least three transcriptional regulators

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2085-2095

  Limón, Ana ^a   Hidalgo, Elena ^a,b   Aguilar, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

aldA; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Escherichia coli; Regulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP; HYDROXYALDEHYDE; OXYGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING KINETICS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; START CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030839972     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-6-2085     Document Type: Article

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