Molecular characterization and regulation of an operon encoding a system for transport of arginine and ornithine and the ArgR regulatory protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5559-5566

  Nishijyo, Takayuki ^a   Park, Seung Moon ^a,b   Lu, Chung Dar ^b   Itoh, Yoshifumi ^a   Abdelal, Ahmed T ^b  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ORNITHINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031795473     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5559-5566.1998     Document Type: Article

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