A novel regulatory switch mediated by the FNR-like protein of Lactobacillus casei

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 705-717

  Gostick, Dominic O ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a   Irvine, Alistair S ^a,c   Gasson, Michael J ^b   Guest, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRP; FNR; Lactic acid bacteria; Redox sensing; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COPPER; CYCLIC AMP; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUMARIC ACID; NITRATE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031882182     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-705     Document Type: Article

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