Control of the expression of the manXYZ operon in Escherichia coli: Mlc is a negative regulator of the mannose PTS

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 369-380

  Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUTATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYCLIC AMP; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0031973888     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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