Coupling physiology and gene regulation in bacteria: The phosphotransferase sugar uptake system delivers the signals

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 583-592

  Stülke, Jörg ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SERINE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CYCLIC AMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031774448     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050555     Document Type: Review

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