Identification and characterization of acoK, a regulatory gene of the Klebsiella pneumoniae acoABCD operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1497-1504

  Peng, Hwei Ling ^a   Yang, Yin Hsiu ^a   Deng, Wen Ling ^a   Chang, Hwan You ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031046574     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1497-1504.1997     Document Type: Article

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