The Escherichia coli gabDTPC operon: Specific γ-aminobutyrate catabolism and nonspecific induction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6976-6986

  Schneider, Barbara L ^a   Ruback, Stephen ^a,b   Kiupakis, Alexandros K ^a   Kasbarian, Hillary ^a   Pybus, Christine ^a   Reitzer, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON; NITROGEN; PROTEIN GAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; OPERON; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036947284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.24.6976-6986.2002     Document Type: Article

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