The global regulators GacA and σS form part of a cascade that controls alginate production in Azotobacter vinelandii

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 6787-6793

  Castaneda M ^a   Sanchez J ^a   Moreno, S ^a   Nunez C ^a   Espin G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN ALGD; PROTEIN GACA; PROTEIN GACS; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SENSOR; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035160367     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.23.6787-6793.2001     Document Type: Article

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