Gene organization and transcriptional regulation of the gntRKU operon involved in gluconate uptake and catabolism of Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 778-793

  Izu, Hanae ^a   Adachi, Osao ^a   Yamada, Mamoru ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gluconate kinase; Gluconate permease; gnt operon repressor; gntRKU operon; Transcriptional attenuation

Indexed keywords

GLUCONIC ACID; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031564639     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0913     Document Type: Article

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