Glycerol-3-phosphate-mediated repression of malT in Escherichia coli does not require metabolism, depends on enzyme IIA(Glc) and is mediated by cAMP levels

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1221-1231

  Eppler, Tanja ^a   Boos, Winfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYCLIC AMP; DIHYDROXYACETONE PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; MALTOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SUGAR TRANSPORT;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROPHOSPHATES; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032884020     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01570.x     Document Type: Article

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