A global repressor (Mlc) is involved in glucose induction of the ptsG gene encoding major glucose transporter in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1509-1519

  Kimata, Keiko ^a   Inada, Toshifumi ^a   Tagami, Hideaki ^a   Aiba, Hiroji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE INSERTION; GENE REPRESSION; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031697458     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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