Expression of the phosphotransferase system both mediates and is mediated by Mlc regulation in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-273

  Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Inst de Biol Phys Chim   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0033062699     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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