Constricted flux through the branched-chain amino acid biosynthetic enzyme acetolactate synthase triggers elevated expression of genes regulated by rpoS and internal acidification

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 785-792

  Van Dyk, Tina K ^a,b   Ayers, Brenda L ^a,c   Morgan, Robin W ^b   Larossa, Robert A ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031930079     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.785-792.1998     Document Type: Article

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