Carbon catabolite repression in Lactobacillus pentosus: Analysis of the ccpA region

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 277-283

  Mahr, Kerstin ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a   Titgemeyer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOBACILLUS; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION;

LACTOBACILLUS PENTOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 0033986506     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.277-283.2000     Document Type: Article

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