KdpE of Clostridium acetobutylicum is a highly specific response regulator controlling only the expression of the kdp operon

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-52

  Behrens, Martin ^a   Dürre, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLOSTRIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034000437     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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