Transcriptional expression of Escherichia coli glutamate-dependent acid resistance genes gadA and gadBC in an hns rpoS mutant

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 4644-4647

  Waterman, Scott R ^a   Small, P L C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID:4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER PROTEIN; SIGMA 70 FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA S FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CRP GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GADA GENE; GADBC GENE; GADC GENE; GADW GENE; GADX GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HNS GENE; HNS RPO S GENE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038781388     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.15.4644-4647.2003     Document Type: Article

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