Regulation of the isofunctional genes ubiD and ubiX of the ubiquinone biosynthetic pathway of Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-72

  Zhang, Haitao ^a   Javor, G T ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Regulation; UbiD; UbiX

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; SUCCINIC ACID; UBIQUINONE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038546470     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00343-4     Document Type: Article

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