Inactivation and regulation of the aerobic C4-dicarboxylate transport (dctA) gene of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5624-5635

  Davies, Suzanne J ^a   Golby, Paul ^b   Omrani, Davood ^a,c   Broad, Susan A ^b   Harrington, Vikki L ^b   Guest, John R ^a   Kelly, David J ^a   Andrews, Simon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Genetics   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DICARBOXYLIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MALIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0032834648     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5624-5635.1999     Document Type: Article

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