CsgD, a regulator of curli and cellulose synthesis, also regulates serine hydroxymethyltransferase synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 525-535

  Chirwa, Neema T ^a   Herrington, Muriel B ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELLULOSE; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN CSGD; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REGULON; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0037292077     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25841-0     Document Type: Review

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