The arginine regulatory protein mediates repression by arginine of the operons encoding glutamate synthase and anabolic glutamate dehydrogenase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3848-3854

  Hashim, Shehab ^a   Kwon, Dong Hyeon ^c   Abdelal, Ahmed ^b   Lu, Chung Dar ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE REGULATORY PROTEIN; ARGININE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE SUCCINYLTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GDHA GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GLTBD GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMMONIA; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI;

EID: 2942548962     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3848-3854.2004     Document Type: Article

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