Regulation of the cellulosomal celS (cel48A) gene of Clostridium thermocellum is growth rate dependent

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3042-3048

  Dror, Tali W ^a   Morag, Ely ^b   Rolider, Adi ^a   Bayer, Edward A ^b   Lamed, Raphael ^c   Shoham, Yuval ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE 1,4 BETA CELLOBIOSIDASE; CELLULOSOME; MESSENGER RNA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NITROGEN; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SOLUBILIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CELL DIVISION; CELLOBIOSE; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NITROGEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM THERMOCELLUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038643330     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3042-3048.2003     Document Type: Article

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