GadE (YhiE): A novel activator involved in the response to acid environment in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Hommais, Florence ^a,b   Krin, Evelyne ^a   Coppée, Jean Yves ^a   Lacroix, Céline ^a   Yeramian, Edouard ^a   Danchin, Antoine ^a   Bertin, Philippe ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GUANINE; PROTEIN YHIE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DENATURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1642514566     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26659-0     Document Type: Article

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