The Bacillus subtilis YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YfIS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2317-2329

  Tanaka, Kousei ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CITRIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MALIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCCINIC ACID; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBON SOURCE; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0141591734     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26257-0     Document Type: Article

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