Transcriptional analysis of a gene cluster involved in glucose tolerance in Zymomonas mobilis: Evidence for an osmoregulated promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5179-5188

  Christogianni, Anastasia ^a   Douka, Eugenia ^a   Koukkou, Anna I ^a   Hatziloukas, Efstathios ^a   Drainas, Constantin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZYMOMONAS;

ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 22544480296     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.15.5179-5188.2005     Document Type: Article

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