Catabolite control of Escherichia coli regulatory protein BglG activity by antagonistically acting phosphorylations

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3370-3379

  Görke, Boris ^a   Rak, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon catabolite control; Gene regulation; Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system; Protein phosphorylation; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUCOSIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZYL ALCOHOLS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0345299162     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3370     Document Type: Article

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