Glucose transporter mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 with changes in substrate recognition of IICB(Glc) and induction behavior of the ptsG gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4443-4452

  Zeppenfeld, Tim ^a   Larisch, Christina ^a   Lengeler, Joseph W ^a   Jahreis, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SORBOSE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRESSOR GENE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033877256     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4443-4452.2000     Document Type: Article

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