A common regulator for the operons encoding the enzymes involved in D- galactarate, D-glucarate, and D-glycerate utilization in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2672-2674

  Monterrubio, Rafael ^a   Baldoma, Laura ^a   Obradors, Nuria ^a   Aguilar, Juan ^a   Badia, Josefa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCERIC ACID; MUCIC ACID; SACCHARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GLUCARIC ACID; GLYCERIC ACIDS; OPERON; SUGAR ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0033998811     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.9.2672-2674.2000     Document Type: Article

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