Functioning of DcuC as the C4-dicarboxylate carrier during glucose fermentation by Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3716-3720

  Zientz, Evelyn ^a   Janausch, Ingo G ^a   Six, Stephan ^a   Unden, Gottfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FUMARIC ACID; GLUCOSE; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SUCCINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; DCUC PROTEIN, E COLI; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FERMENTATION; FUMARATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RIBOSOMES; SUCCINATES;

EID: 0032588086     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3716-3720.1999     Document Type: Article

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