amiA is a negative regulator of acetamidase expression in Mycobacterium smegmatis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-5

  Parish, Tanya ^a   Turner, Jane ^b   Stoker, Neil G ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN AMIA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIPOPROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 19044384842     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-1-19     Document Type: Article

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