New insights into the regulation of the pac gene from Escherichia coli W ATCC 11105

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-14

  Roa, Ana ^a   García, José Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pac regulation; Penicillin G acylase; Phenylacetic acid

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; PHENYLACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032797410     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00281-5     Document Type: Article

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