Regulation of sialic acid catabolism by the DNA binding protein NanR in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4806-4815

  Kalivoda, Kathryn A ^a   Steenbergen, Susan M ^a   Vimr, Eric R ^a,c   Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c 2522 VMBSB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDASE; GUANIDINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN NANR; SIALIC ACID; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANS ISOMER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FRUCTOSE-BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0041559751     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4806-4815.2003     Document Type: Article

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