Genes involved in control of galactose uptake in Lactobacillus brevis and reconstitution of the regulatory system in Bacillus subtilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3224-3236

  Djordjevic, Gordana M ^a   Tchieu, Jason H ^a   Saier Jr , Milton H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; HEXOSE TRANSPORT; LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (NITROGENOUS GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS BREVIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035036090     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.10.3224-3236.2001     Document Type: Article

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