The Bacillus subtilis ywkA gene encodes a malic enzyme and its transcription is activated by the YufL/YufM two-component system in response to malate

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2331-2343

  Doan, Thierry ^a   Servant, Pascale ^a,c   Tojo, Shigeo ^b   Yamaguchi, Hirotake ^b   Lerondel, Guillaume ^a   Yoshida, Ken Ichi ^b   Fujita, Yasutaro ^b   Aymerich, Stéphanie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE (DECARBOXYLATING); MALIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

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

EID: 0141703516     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26256-0     Document Type: Article

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