Characterization of a unique σ54-dependent PTS operon of the lactose family in Listeria monocytogenes

Biochimie

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 633-638

  Dalet, Karine ^a   Arous, Safia ^a   Cenatiempo, Yves ^a   Héchard, Yann ^a  

^a IBMIG Institut de Biologie Moleculaire et dIngenierie Genetique   (France)

Author keywords

Cellobiose; Lactose; Listeria; Phosphotransferase; Sigma

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELLOBIOSE; GLYCINE; LACTOSE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SUGAR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; LACI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; LACTOSE OPERON; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHYSIOLOGY;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELLOBIOSE; DISACCHARIDES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); LACTOSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0141887130     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(03)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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