The regulation of microcin B, C and J operons

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 521-529

  Moreno, Felipe ^a   Gónzalez Pastor, José Eduardo ^a   Baquero, Maria Rosario ^a   Bravo, Daniel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

E. coli; Gene expression; Microcins; Peptide antibiotic; Promoters; Regulators; Stationery growth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLICIN; MICROCIN B; MICROCIN C; MICROCIN J; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOCIN; GLUCOSE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MICROCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA BINDING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OPERON; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STARVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA;

BACTERIOCINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036589210     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)01452-9     Document Type: Review

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