A new Escherichia coli metabolic competency: Growth on fatty acids by a novel anaerobic b-oxidation pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 793-805

  Campbell, John W ^a,b   Morgan Kiss, Rachael M ^a   Cronan Jr , John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Integrated Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID; FAS ASSOCIATED DEATH DOMAIN PROTEIN; FATTY ACID; NITRATE; OCTANOIC ACID; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FADA; PROTEIN FADB; PROTEIN FADR; PROTEIN YDID; PROTEIN YFCX; PROTEIN YFCY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ELECTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SALMONELLA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 0037240787     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03341.x     Document Type: Article

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