Learning new tricks from an old dog: MalT of the Escherichia coli maltose system is part of a complex regulatory network

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 404-409

  Boos, Winfried ^a   Böhm, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4ALPHA GLUCANOTRANSFERASE; ABC TRANSPORTER; AMYLASE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE; GLUCOSIDASE; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOPORIN; MALTOSE; MALTOTRIOSE; PHOSPHORYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MALTOSE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034283843     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02086-2     Document Type: Review

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