prpR, ntrA, and ihf functions are required for expression of the prpBCDE Operon, encoding enzymes that catabolize propionate in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium LT2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 905-910

  Palacios, Sergio ^a   Escalante Semerena, Jorge C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPIONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROPIONATES; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033978997     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.905-910.2000     Document Type: Article

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