Environmental control of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex expression in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Cassey, Barrie ^a   Guest, John R ^a   Attwood, Margaret M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental control; Escherichia coli; Gene expression; Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex; Pyruvate metabolism; Redox

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032519950     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00587-9     Document Type: Article

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