Role of ArgR in activation of the ast operon, encoding enzymes of the arginine succinyltransferase pathway in Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1934-1938

  Lu, Chung Dar ^a   Abdelal, Ahmed T ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032992369     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1934-1938.1999     Document Type: Article

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