The activator of GntII genes for gluconate metabolism, GntH, exerts negative control of GntR-regulated GntI genes in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1783-1795

  Tsunedomi, Ryouichi ^a   Izu, Hanae ^a   Kawai, Takuya ^a   Matsushita, Kazunobu ^a   Ferenci, Thomas ^b   Yamada, Mamoru ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCONIC ACID; PROTEIN GNTH; PROTEIN GNTR; RECOMBINANT DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GNTI GENE; GNTII GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCONATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037337737     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1783-1795.2003     Document Type: Article

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