Involvement of iclR and rpoS in the induction of acs, the gene for acetyl coenzyme A synthetase of Escherichia coli K-12

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-108

  Shin, Sooan ^a,b   Song, Suk Gil ^a   Lee, Dae Sang ^a   Pan, Jae Gu ^b   Park, Chankyu ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acetate utilization; acetyl CoA synthetase; acs; Escherichia coli; IclR; RpoS

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYOXYLATES; PLASMIDS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031034211     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00461-2     Document Type: Article

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