An esterase gene from Lactobacillus casei cotranscribed with genes encoding a phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system and regulated by a LevR-like activator and σ54 factor

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Yebra, María J ^a   Viana, Rosa ^a   Monedero, Vicente ^a   Deutscher, Josef ^b   Pérez Martínez, Gaspar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Esterase encoding gene; Gene regulation, esterase; Lactobacillus; Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; RPON PROTEIN, E COLI; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERIFICATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLI CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ESTERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 23844540693     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084567     Document Type: Article

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