Identification and characterization of the non-PTS fru locus of Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14581

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 240-248

  Chiou, C Y ^a   Wang, H H ^a   Shaw, G C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fructosidase; Bacillus megaterium; Cryptic genes; Non PTS sugar permease; Repressor

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE; INULIN; ISOMALTOSE; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; MELIBIOSE; PERMEASE; RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, REGULATOR; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036460067     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-002-0741-y     Document Type: Article

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