End-product control of expression of branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis genes in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2): Paradoxical relationships between DNA sequence and regulatory phenotype

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2375-2384

  Craster, Heather L ^a   Potter, Chris A ^a   Baumberg, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Branched chain amino acid biosynthesis; RNA secondary structure; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CLUSTER; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR;

EID: 0032829607     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-9-2375     Document Type: Article

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