Transcriptional control of the citrate-inducible citMCDEFGRP operon, encoding genes involved in citrate fermentation in Leuconostoc paramesenteroides

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3904-3912

  Martín, Mauricio ^a,b   Magni, Christian ^a   López, Paloma ^b   De Mendoza, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CITRIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES; GENES, BACTERIAL; LEUCONOSTOC; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OPERON; OXO-ACID-LYASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEUCONOSTOC; POSIBACTERIA; WEISSELLA PARAMESENTEROIDES;

EID: 0033932822     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.14.3904-3912.2000     Document Type: Article

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