Propionate catabolism in Salmonella typhimurium LT2: Two divergently transcribed units comprise the prp locus at 8.5 centisomes, prpR encodes a member of the sigma-54 family of activators, and the prpBCDE genes constitute an operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 928-940

  Horswill, Alexander R ^a   Escalante Semerena, Jorge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; BACTERIAL DNA; CITRATE SYNTHASE; PROPIONIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031019008     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.928-940.1997     Document Type: Article

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