Repression and activation of arginine transport genes in Escherichia coli K 12 by the ArgP protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1087-1095

  Celis, Roberto T F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine transport; Autoregulation; Regulation; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; PROLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033579535     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3308     Document Type: Article

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